Fluid treatment devices
AssigneeUnited Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
InventorRichard S. Nelson
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Abstract
A device for the treatment of fluids in which the fluid is caused to contact the device. The device is particularly useful in the field of catalysis. The device comprises a plurality of substantially parallel elongate helically wound coils of wire connected together by a connecting member to form a sheet of interconnected coils. In the case where the device is used for the treatment of the fluid by catalysis, the wire is made from, or coated with, a catalytically active material.
Claims9
A device for use in the treatment of a fluid by catalysis which comprises one or more sheets of interconnected coils laid up to give more than one layer of coils, said layers being in touching contact with one another, the or each sheet comprising a plurality of elongate helically wound coils of wire-form wherein the space between adjacent windings of each coil is less than the diameter of the wire-form and wherein each coil carries a coating of catalytically active material, the coils being arranged with their longitudinal axes substantially parallel to one another and being interconnected by a connecting member to form a sheet of interconnected coils.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.