Mass transfer apparatus
AssigneeMerichem Company
InventorKenyon E. Clonts
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Abstract
Improved apparatus for effecting contact between first and second immiscible fluids in order to provide mass transfer therebetween including a conduit having a fiber bundle or a plurality of fiber sub-bundles secured or mounted therein, the fiber bundle or sub-bundles having a plurality of elongated support members positioned within the bundles for alleviating stress from the fibers within the bundle or sub-bundles.
Claims21
In an apparatus for effecting contact between a liquid and a fluid immiscible with said liquid in order to enable mass transfer theretween, comprising:
- a conduit having an inlet and an outlet, said conduit inlet being adapted to receive said fluid and said conduit outlet being adapted for placement with a collection vessel;
- a fiber bundle positioned longitudinally within said conduit, said fiber bundle containing a plurality of generally linearly extending fibers having a downstream end extending outwardly of the end of said conduit outlet for making connection with a layer of said liquid in said collection vessel and an upstream end positioned within said conduit;
- bundle mount means securing the upstream portion of said fiber bundle within said conduit;
- and liquid distribution means positioned sufficiently close to said upstream end of the fiber bundle for transferring without dispersion said liquid onto the upstream end of said bundle whereby said liquid forms a film over the surface of the fibers enabling contact with the fluid over sufficient surface area within said bundle to provide for mass transfer therebetween;
- the improvement comprising stress alleviation means positioned within and linearly along said conduit in operative engagement with said fiber bundle for alleviating at least some of the stress exerted on the fibers in said fiber bundle, said stress alleviation means including at least one elongated support member extending generally along and within said fiber bundle, said elongated support member including fiber support means for engaging at least some of said fibers within said fiber bundle and at least partly transferring stress from said fibers to said bundle mount member.
Apparatus for effecting contact between a liquid and a fluid immiscible with said liquid in order to enable mass transfer therebetween, comprising:
- a conduit having an inlet and an outlet, said conduit inlet being adapted to receive said fluid and said conduit outlet being adapted for placement with a collection vessel;
- a plurality of fiber sub-bundles positioned longitudinally within said conduit, each of said sub-bundles containing a plurality of generally linearly extending fibers having a downstream end extending outwardly of said conduit outlet for making connection with a layer of said liquid in said collection vessel and an upstream end positioned within said conduit;
- bundle mount means securing said upstream portion of each sub-bundle within said conduit;
- liquid distribution means positioned sufficiently close to said upstream end of the fiber bundle for transferring without dispersion said liquid onto the upstream portion of each sub-bundle whereby said liquid forms a film over the surface of the fibers enabling contact with the fluid over sufficient surface area within said bundle to provide for mass transfer therebetween;
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- stress alleviation means positioned within and linearly along said conduit in operative engagement with said sub-bundles for alleviating at least some of the stress exerted on the fibers in said fiber sub-bundles, said stress alleviation means including at least one elongated support member extending generally along and within each of said fiber sub-bundles, said elongated support member including fiber support means for engaging said fibers within each of said fiber sub-bundles and at least partly transferring stress from said fiber bundle to said bundle mount member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.