Purification system of fluid charged with particles by force of thermophoresis

US8840710B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR

Inventors

• Paola Gauthier · Piedecuesta, CO
• Gerard Antonini · Paris, FR
• Pierre Mercier · Laval, CA
• Patrice Tochon · Saint-Martin-d'Hères, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 23, 2010
• Grant date: Sep 23, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 11, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F28F1/22
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A fluid treatment system by force of thermophoresis, including first and second modules between which the fluid to be treated is intended to circulate, the first module configured to be brought to a temperature greater than that of the second module so as to engender a temperature gradient causing a force of thermophoresis capable of projecting the particles to be purified in the direction of the second module. The first module includes a succession of parallel first tubes configured to be traversed by hot fluid, the second module includes a succession of parallel second tubes configured to be traversed by cold fluid, and the first tubes are arranged staggered with the second tubes.