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US 2006/0219097 A1Published application
Gas/liquid separation utilizing structured separator material
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsClyde Newman, Albert Tomassian, Alan Ullman, David Wait
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for gas/liquid separation on an array of jets or streams of liquid is provided. Layers of structured packing material are configured to “quiet” high-velocity liquid flow with entrained gas to provide a flow at moderate or low velocity from which the gas has been substantially separated from the liquid.
Claims20
A gas/liquid separator for chemical lasers, comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a first layer of corrugations forming inclined channels, the first layer of corrugations to receive a liquid and a gas to be separated.
A generator for chemical lasers, comprising:
- a first layer of corrugations forming steeply inclined channels, the first layer of corrugations to receive a liquid and a gas to be separated;
- a second layer of corrugations adjacent the first layer of corrugations, the second layer of corrugations forming channels more obliquely inclined than the first layer of corrugations, the second layer of corrugations to receive at least a portion of the liquid and the gas from the first layer of corrugations;
- a third layer of corrugations adjacent the second layer of corrugations, the third layer of corrugations forming channels having a shorter separation distance than the second layer of corrugations, the third layer of corrugations to receive at least a portion of the liquid and the gas from the second layer of corrugations;
- an injector plate that provides the liquid to the first layer of corrugations, wherein the injector plate is configured to provide the liquid at an irrigation rate of up to about 1,100 gpm/ft2;
- and
- a gas injector that provides the gas to be mixed with the liquid, the liquid and the gas being provided at a liquid-to-gas ratio up to about 50,000:1 (weight/weight).
3 more elements
A method of gas/liquid separation, comprising:
- providing a first layer of corrugations forming inclined channels;
- and
- flowing a mixture of liquid and gas through the first layer of corrugations, thereby substantially separating the liquid from the gas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.