US 2026/0233125 A1Published application

System and method for polymer purification using coil coalescer

AssigneePureCycle Technologies, Inc.

InventorsMichael W. WEBER, Joseph SARVER, Jason VITITOE, David MORETTI, George SCHLOWSKY, Christopher P. RENTSCH

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Abstract

A system and method for separating and removing contaminants from a fluid stream comprised of carrier fluid and contaminants. The system and method involves circulating the fluid stream through a coiled pipe or tube, creating a phase separation between the carrier fluid and contaminants, depositing the carrier fluid and contaminants into an expansion vessel proximate the outlet of the coil, and separating the larger density contaminant particles from the smaller density carrier fluid.

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Dependent claims

A method for removing contaminants from a fluid stream comprising a carrier fluid and a contaminant material, the method comprising:

introducing the fluid stream through an inlet of a coil tube;
in the coil tube, inducing the formation of at least a first phase and a second phase of the fluid stream, wherein the first phase has a lower density than the second phase, and wherein a majority of the first phase comprises the carrier fluid and a majority of the second phase comprises the contaminant material;
flowing the fluid stream from an outlet of the coil tube into an expansion vessel, the expansion vessel having a high point outlet and a low point outlet lower than the high point outlet;
flowing the second phase through the low point outlet;
and
flowing the first phase through the high point outlet.

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