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US 10,376,907 B2Granted
Droplet generating rotating cutters
AssigneeSustainable Energy Solutions, LLC
InventorsLarry Baxter, Aaron Sayre, David Frankman, Nathan Davis
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Abstract
A device for producing droplets is disclosed. A disk assembly comprising a first disk mounted to a second disk is provided. The first disk comprises first openings. The second disk comprises second openings. The first openings and the second openings alternately align with one another such that, as a liquid passes through the first openings and the second openings, the liquid falls as a droplet as the first openings and the second openings skew apart.
Claims18
A device for producing droplets comprising:
- a disk assembly comprising a first disk mounted to a second disk, the first disk comprising a plurality of first openings, and the second disk comprising a plurality of second openings,
- wherein the plurality of first openings and the plurality of second openings alternately align with one another such that, as a liquid passes through the plurality of first openings and the plurality of second openings, the liquid falls as a droplet as the plurality of first openings and the plurality of second openings skew apart.
A device for producing droplets comprising:
- a disk assembly comprising a first disk mounted to a second disk;
- the first disk comprising a plurality of first openings, an interior, bottom portion of each of the plurality of first openings comprising sharpened edges;
- the second disk comprising a plurality of second openings, an interior, bottom portion of each of the plurality of second openings comprising sharpened edges;
- wherein the first disk and the second disk are installed in a vessel, the vessel comprising:
- a liquid inlet above the first disk;
- a liquid outlet in a bottom portion of the vessel;
- a gas inlet above the liquid outlet;
- and
- a gas outlet below the second disk;
- wherein, a contact liquid passes through the liquid inlet and a carrier gas passes through the gas inlet;
- wherein the first openings and the second openings alternately align with one another such that, as the contact liquid passes through the first openings and the second openings, the contact liquid falls as a droplet as the first openings and the second openings skew apart;
- wherein the droplet falls through the carrier gas, exchanging heat, material, or heat and material;
- and,
- wherein the carrier gas passes out the gas outlet and the contact liquid passes out the liquid outlet.
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