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US 2024/0352393 A1Published application
A system and method for enhancing gas mass transfer
AssigneeRainforest Algae Corp.
InventorStanley PANKRATZ
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and a method for enhancing mass transfer of a gas between a gaseous medium and a liquid medium in reactions involving such a mass transfer, and for effective mixing of the liquid medium.
Claims24
A system for enhancing a reaction involving mass transfer of a gas between a gaseous medium and a liquid medium in a reservoir, the system comprising:
- a) means to provide a gaseous medium for contact with the liquid medium;
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- b) one or more movable members, each having a surface, the one or more movable members configured to periodically expose at least a portion of said surface to the gaseous medium and the liquid medium to form a wetted surface, thereby generating a renewing wetted surface for enhancing mass transfer of the gas between the liquid medium and the gaseous medium.
A method for enhancing a reaction involving mass transfer of a gas between a gaseous medium and a liquid medium, the method comprising:
- a) providing the liquid medium and the gaseous medium in contact with a surface one or more movable members configured to periodically expose at least a portion of said surface to the gaseous medium and the liquid medium, and
- b) exposing said surface of the one or more movable members periodically to the gaseous medium and the liquid medium to form a renewing wetted surface, thereby enhancing mass transfer of the gas between the liquid and gaseous medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.