Fluid dissolution apparatus
US6464210B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 2002 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01F33/834
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus for the efficient dissolution of fluids, both gas to liquid and liquid to liquid. A flow splitter divides the influent to an upper and lower stream. The lower stream is injected with a gas and the gas-enriched lower stream is subsequently discharged proximate to the bottom of a contactor in tangential fashion. The upper stream is discharged in similar tangential fashion proximate to the top of the contactor producing a vortex flow pattern. The countercurrent flow of the gas-enriched lower stream and upper stream ensures a high degree of dissolution of the gas in the liquid. Alternatively, two liquids of differing densities may be dissolved together with the present invention.
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