Liquid-liquid mass transfer process and apparatus
AssigneeMerichem Company
InventorsJohn Jagger, Chaitanya Sathaiah Vudutha, Raj Nagarajan
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Abstract
A fiber bundle contactor may include a vessel including a first inlet; a second inlet; a mixing zone arranged in the vessel to receive a first fluid from the first inlet and a including fluid from the second inlet, wherein the mixing zone comprises a perforated plate assembly comprising a plate, a plurality of openings in the plate, and a plurality of riser pipes that extend from the plate and arranged to allow fluid flow through additional openings in the plate; and an extraction zone including a fiber bundle arranged in the vessel to receive the first fluid and the second fluid from the mixing zone.
Claims20
A fiber bundle contactor comprising:
- a vessel comprising:
- a first inlet;
- a second inlet;
- a mixing zone arranged in the vessel to receive a first fluid from the first inlet and a second fluid from the second inlet, wherein the mixing zone comprises a perforated plate assembly comprising a plate, a plurality of openings in the plate, and a plurality of riser pipes that extend from the plate and are arranged to allow fluid flow through additional openings in the plate;
- and
- an extraction zone comprising a fiber bundle arranged in the vessel to receive the first fluid and the second fluid from the mixing zone.
A fiber bundle contactor comprising:
- a plate comprising a plurality of openings;
- one or more riser pipes extending from the plate, the riser pipe providing fluid communication through the plate by way of at least one of the openings;
- a distributor disposed above the plate;
- and
- a fiber bundle attached to and depending from a fiber support, wherein the plate and the fiber support are separated, wherein the fiber bundle is disposed below the plate, and wherein the fiber bundle is arranged to receive a fluid from the plurality of openings.
A method comprising:
- introducing into a vessel a first fluid from a first inlet and a second fluid from a second inlet;
- contacting the first fluid and the second fluid in a mixing zone within the vessel, wherein the mixing zone comprises:
- a plate comprising a plurality of openings;
- and
- a riser pipe extending from the plate, the riser pipe providing fluid communication through the plate by way of at least one of the openings;
- flowing the first fluid and the second fluid through the plurality of openings to an extraction zone;
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- contacting the first fluid and the second fluid in the extraction zone, wherein the extraction zone comprises:
- a fiber bundle arranged in the vessel to receive the first fluid and the second fluid from the mixing zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.