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US 2010/0202948 A1Published application
Reverse Flow Reactor
AssigneeIndigo Technologies Group Pty Ltd
InventorsRodney John Truce, Mieczyslaw Adam Gostomczyk
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AssigneeIndigo Technologies Group Pty Ltd
InventorsRodney John Truce, Mieczyslaw Adam Gostomczyk
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A reactor cools humidifies gases produced by combustion or the like. The reactor has a chamber with an inlet at a lower end to receive a flow of gas, and an outlet at a upper end. The gas flows in a generally upward direction through the reactor. The horizontal cross-section of the chamber increases with height and the flow velocity of the gas decreases as it flows upwardly. The reactor includes at least one device for injecting water droplets into the upper region of the chamber, counter to the gas flow. As the water droplets fall, they gradually evaporate and lose mass and encounter a counterflow of increasingly higher velocity and temperature until the force of the upwardly flowing gas is sufficient to reverse their flow and carry them in an upward direction.
A reactor for cooling and/or humidifying gases produced by combustion or other industrial process, the reactor comprising a chamber having an inlet at a lower end thereof adapted to receive a flow of gas, and an outlet at an upper end thereof, wherein the chamber is configured to define a generally upward flow path for the gas flow therein, and wherein the reactor includes at least one spray device in the upper region of the chamber for injecting water droplets into the chamber, counter to the gas flow.
A reactor for cooling and/or humidifying gases produced by combustion or other industrial process, the reactor comprising a chamber having an inlet at a lower end thereof adapted to receive a flow of gas, and an outlet at a upper end thereof, wherein the chamber is configured to define a generally upward flow path for the gas flow therein, and wherein the horizontal cross-section of the chamber increases with height such that the flow velocity of the gas decreases as it flows upwardly in the chamber.
A method of cooling and/or humidifying gases produced by combustion or other industrial process, using a reactor comprising a chamber having an inlet at a lower end thereof adapted to receive a flow of gas, and an outlet at a upper end thereof, the method comprising the steps of:
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