Method for continuous multicomponent separation using anisotropic separation bed
AssigneeYuri Tarnopolsky
InventorYuri Tarnopolsky
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Abstract
Continuous multicomponent separation is conducted in a two-dimensional anisotropic separation bed which has different separating properties in at least two directions, Y and X. The carrier fluid flows repeatedly and alternately in directions Y and X through the bed. The mixture is introduced into the flow in the vicinity of one of the corners. The components are collected through multiple outlets. An example of anisotropic bed is alternating layers of dense chromatographic packing with high separating ability and loose packing with low separating ability. Another example of anisotropic bed is tightly packed aligned fibrillar sorbent. Due to anisotropic properties of the bed, the components move along diverging resulting trajectories.
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A method of continuous separation of a mixture of chemical compounds in a carrier fluid flowing through a two-dimensional separation bed, said mixture being continuously or intermittently introduced into said bed, and separated components being continuously collected at multiple outlets, wherein said bed comprises a packing having different structure in at least two different directions, thereby providing different separating properties in said directions, and said carrier fluid flows alternately and repeatedly in both said directions.
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