Method for creating a gas-liquid contact area
US7544340B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jun 9, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D2257/304
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for contacting a liquid with a gas in which the gas is introduced into a vessel containing at least one hollow fiber membrane having a plurality of porous hollow fibers. The liquid is introduced into a lumen of at least a portion of the plurality of porous hollow fibers at a liquid pressure sufficient to overcome a resistance to wetting of the porous hollow fibers, thereby covering at least a portion of an outer surface of the plurality of porous hollow fibers with the liquid and providing intimate contact between the gas and the liquid.
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