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US 11,602,726 B2Granted
Structured packing
AssigneeCurtin University
InventorsTejas Jagdish Bhatelia, Biao Sun, Ranjeet Pandurangrao Utikar, Vishnu Kumar Pareek, Geoffrey Michael Evans, Moses Oludayo Tade
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Abstract
The disclosure provides a structure that is used in the treatment of a fluid. The packing structure comprises a body having an axis. The packing structure also has at least one curved flow path that rotates around, and extends along at least a portion of, the axis of the body.
Claims16
A structure that is used in the treatment of a fluid, comprising:
- a body having an axis;
- a plurality of curved fluid flow paths that rotate around the axis of the body, and extend continuously along at least a portion of the body,
- wherein the body comprises a plurality of sheets, each sheet having a helicoidal structure and forming a continuous surface that rotates around the axis of the body and extends along the at least a portion of the body,
- wherein the fluid flow paths are defined by the plurality of sheets,
- wherein each fluid flow path rotates around the axis with a constant radius, and
- wherein the sheets of the plurality of sheets are arranged approximately parallel to one another.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.