Gas-liquid contactor with packing for capturing carbon dioxide
AssigneeCarbon Engineering ULC
InventorsRadek Staufcik, Andrew Logan Ostericher, Maxwell Douglas Horner, Douglas Edward Olmstead, Todd Ernest Wilke, David St. Angelo
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Abstract
A packing for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from a dilute includes at least one panel that includes a mesh material configured to be wetted by a CO2 capture solution and that defines a gas channel having a first dimension defined along a first direction and a second dimension defined along a second direction different than the first direction, the gas channel configured to receive a flow of CO2-laden gas from the dilute gas source in the second direction and contact the flow of CO2-laden gas with the CO2 capture solution on the mesh material.
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A gas-liquid contactor for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from a dilute gas source, the gas-liquid contactor comprising:
- a housing at least partially enclosing a plenum comprising an inlet and an outlet;
- at least one packing supported in the housing downstream of the inlet, the at least one packing comprising:
- at least one panel that comprises a plurality of mesh panel segments, each mesh panel segment of the plurality of mesh panel segments comprises a mesh material extending from a first end to a second end of each of the plurality of mesh panel segments, the first end or the second end of each mesh panel segment being continuous with the first end or the second end of an adjacent mesh panel segment of the plurality of mesh panel segments to form a continuous sheet of mesh material;
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- at least one gas channel defined between adjacent mesh panel segments of the plurality of mesh panel segments, the at least one gas channel having a first dimension defined along a first direction between the adjacent mesh panel segments and a second dimension defined along a second direction different than the first direction;
- a structural support supported by the housing and configured to support the at least one packing, the structural support comprising one or more support rods supporting the continuous sheet of mesh material and defining the first end or the second end of each mesh panel segment;
- a liquid distribution system configured to wet the mesh material with a CO2 capture solution, the liquid distribution system comprising one or more basins configured to hold the CO2 capture solution received from the mesh material;
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- a gas moving device configured to flow a CO2-laden gas from the dilute gas source through the at least one gas channel in the second direction to contact the CO2-laden gas with the CO2 capture solution on the wetted mesh material.
A gas-liquid contactor for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from a dilute gas source, the gas-liquid contactor comprising:
- a housing at least partially enclosing a plenum comprising an inlet and an outlet;
- at least one packing supported in the housing downstream of the inlet, the at least one packing comprising:
- at least one panel having an upright orientation and comprising a plurality of mesh panel segments, each mesh panel segment of the plurality of mesh panel segments comprises a mesh material extending from a first end to a second end of each of the plurality of mesh panel segments, the first end or the second end of each mesh panel segment being continuous with the first end or the second end of an adjacent mesh panel segment of the plurality of mesh panel segments to form a continuous sheet of mesh material;
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- at least one gas channel defined between adjacent mesh panel segments of the plurality of mesh panel segments, the at least one gas channel having a first dimension defined along a first direction between the adjacent mesh panel segments and a second dimension defined along a second direction different than the first direction, the first dimension and the second dimension being parallel to horizontal;
- a liquid distribution system configured to wet the mesh material with a CO2 capture solution, the liquid distribution system comprising one or more basins configured to hold the CO2 capture solution received from the mesh material;
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- a gas moving device configured to flow a CO2-laden gas from the dilute gas source through the at least one gas channel in the second direction to contact the CO2-laden gas with the CO2 capture solution on the wetted mesh material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.