Rotary solid/fluid counter-current contacting apparatus
OwnerBaisheng Zouinventor
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Abstract
A rotary counter-current solid/fluid contact apparatus is developed to enhance the efficiency of adsorption, ion exchange and regenerative heat exchange. The counter-current apparatus uses a rotor to direct fluids to multiple stationary columns. By the action of the rotor, counter-current flows of a fluid phase and a solid phase can be achieved for a combined adsorption and desorption cycle, or a combined heating and cooling cycle. The apparatus allows not only countercurrent solid-fluid flows based on columns in series, but also countercurrent solid-fluid flows in the length of each individual column. A method is also disclosed.
Claims10
A rotary fluid distribution apparatus comprising:
- a rotor having a rotor plate, a plurality of external pipes fixed on a top surface of said rotor plate, a plurality of internal pipes extending downwardly from said rotor plate, and a plurality of separation plates, each of said plurality of external pipes having first and second ends opening to a bottom surface of said rotor plate, said plurality of internal pipes extending downwardly from said rotor;
- a stator having a head and a plurality of external pipes, said plurality of internal pipes of said rotor being received in an interior of said head, said plurality of external pipes of said stator opening to said bottom surface of said rotor plate so as to align with said plurality of external pipes of said rotor;
- said head of said stator having a plurality of chambers therein, said plurality of chambers being separated by said plurality of separation plates of said rotor, each of said plurality of chambers having a nozzle in fluid communication therewith, said nozzle being suitable for introducing or removing a fluid from the apparatus, each of said chambers being in fluid communication with one of said plurality of internal pipes of said rotor;
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- a plurality of columns connected to said plurality of external pipes of said stator, said plurality of columns being packed with a solid material, wherein each of said plurality of columns is connected at a top end to one of said plurality of external pipes of said stator and connected at a bottom end to another of said plurality of external pipes of said stator.
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