US 10,589,237 B2Granted

Systems and methods for gas disposal

AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation

InventorsArthur K. Colling, Jr., Benjamin E. Bishop, Allison B. Thomas

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Abstract

A discharge system includes a mixing vessel and a feedstock input in fluid communication with the mixing vessel. A solvent input is in fluid communication with the mixing vessel. A discharge output is in fluid communication with an outlet of the mixing vessel to discharge effluent. A method for generating turbulence on a liquid surface within a discharge system includes supplying a mixing vessel with feedstock fluid and solvent fluid to generate a liquid mixture and a gas pocket in the mixing vessel. The method includes supplying an impinging solvent fluid through a nozzle extending from a first end of the mixing vessel to generate a roiling surface at an interface between the gas pocket and the liquid mixture and permit uptake of gas from the gas pocket into the liquid mixture.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A discharge system, comprising:

a mixing vessel having a first side and a second side, defining a longitudinal axis therebetween;
a feedstock input in fluid communication with the mixing vessel;
a solvent input in fluid communication with the mixing vessel;
and
a discharge output in fluid communication with an outlet of the mixing vessel to discharge effluent, wherein the solvent input includes two lines, wherein a first of the two lines defines a flow path to the mixing vessel through a nozzle extending from a first side of the mixing vessel into a cavity defined by the mixing vessel, and wherein a second of the two lines defines a flow path to the mixing vessel through an inlet through a sidewall of the mixing vessel, wherein a direction of the inlet is tangential to the sidewall of the mixing vessel at the inlet to introduce swirl to fluid in the mixing vessel, and wherein the nozzle is positioned above the feedstock input in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis and the inlet is positioned below the feedstock input in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis.

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Facts

Application: 14/997,287Filed 15 Jan 2016 · continuation in part
Priority: 28 Sep 2015
Published: US 2017/0087521 A130 Mar 2017
Granted: 17 Mar 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification19 codes

B01F 25/45
Static mixers: mixers in which the materials to be mixed are pressed together through orifices or interstitial spaces, e.g. between beads
B01F 21/20
Dissolving: using flow mixing
B01F 21/22
Using flow mixing: using additional holders in conduits, containers or pools for keeping the solid material in place, e.g. supports or receptacles
B01F 23/23121
Diffusers: having injection means, e.g. nozzles with circumferential outlet

Family

Application14/868,094Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 28 Sep 2015
US 2017/0087525 A1Pre-grant publication · published 30 Mar 2017
US 10,300,439 B2Related patent
US 2017/0087521 A1Published application
US 10,589,237 B2This patent

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