Multi-stage oxygen absorber insert for concurrent stripping of carbon dioxide

An oxygenator system comprising:

• a chamber, having one or more chamber walls and an open top, configured to hold a first liquid;
• a distribution plate disposed over the open top and configured to create one or more circulation cells of bubbles in the first liquid, wherein the distribution plate has a predetermined number of orifices located in one or more zones of the distribution plate and at least one remaining zone of the distribution plate having no orifices;
• a container, disposed on top of the distribution plate, configured to allow a second liquid contained in the container to flow through the predetermined number of orifices of the distribution plate towards the first liquid to create the one or more circulation cells of bubbles;
• and
• a scrubbing insert configured to perform stripping of gas released by the one or more circulation cells of bubbles, wherein the scrubbing insert is disposed below the distribution plate.

A method of performing oxygenation using an oxygenator system including one or more chambers, one or more distribution plates disposed over one or more corresponding chambers, a container disposed over the one or more distribution plates, one or more scrubbing inserts disposed below corresponding distribution plates, and a gas input into each of the one or more chambers, the method comprising:

• providing a first liquid in the container, such that the first liquid flows through orifices in the one or more distribution plates into the one or more chambers to form one or more circulation cells of bubbles in a second liquid contained in the one or more chambers, each of the one or more distribution plates having a predetermined number of orifices uniformly distributed within one or more zones of a respective distribution plate and no orifices in at least one remaining zone of a respective distribution plate;
• providing a first gas through the gas input to each of the one or more chambers, causing the first gas to flow through a head-space portion of each of the one or more chambers, above the second liquid;
• providing a scrubbing reagent to a packed bed disposed within each of the one or more scrubbing inserts;
• and
• directing at least some of a second gas released by the one or more circulation cells of bubbles through the packed bed to react with the scrubbing reagent and form treated gas, wherein
• the first liquid flowing through the orifices in the one or more distribution plates creates jets that come in contact with the first gas in the head-space portion of the respective chamber and then enter the second liquid held within the respective chamber at regions disposed directly below the one or more zones of the corresponding distribution plates having the orifices, to create the one or more circulation cells of bubbles in the second liquid held within the respective chamber.