US 5,476,586 AGranted

Housing for sheet of phase-separating material

AssigneeCorporation

InventorDonald P. Mayeaux

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Abstract

A housing for a sheet of phase-separating material. The housing has first and second plates which hold the sheet between their interior surfaces. The first plate has a circular central opening and a peripheral opening. On the interior surface of the first plate are several concentric channels. The second plate has a circular central opening which is coaxial with the central opening in the first plate. The central opening in the first plate serves as an inlet port for a multiphase feed stream. The central opening in the second plate serves as an outlet port for one of the phases of the feed stream. The peripheral opening in the first plate serves as a bypass port for the feed stream, or as an outlet for a second phase of the feed stream.

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A housing for a sheet of phase-separating

material, comprising:
(a) a planar first plate having exterior and interior surfaces;
and
(b) a planar second plate having exterior and interior surfaces;
the first and second plates being constructed and arranged to hold the sheet between the interior surfaces of the first and second plates in a parallel configuration;
the first plate having
(c) a circular central first opening extending therethrough;
and
(d) a peripheral second opening extending through the perimeter of the first plate;
the first plate including an its interior surface a plurality of concentric channels comprising
(e) first circular channel concentric with and circumscribing the central opening, the first circular channel comprising a first circular ridge, a second circular ridge, and a third opening which includes the second circular ridge the first circular ridge rising above and being contiguous with the second circular ridge, the second circular ridge and the third opening being disposed between first and second ends of the first circular ridge, the first circular ridge and the second circular ridge in combination defining a complete circle;
(f) a second circular channel concentric with and circumscribing the first circular channel, the second circular channel comprising the first circular ridge, the second circular ridge a third circular ridge, a fourth circular ridge, and a fourth opening which includes the fourth circular ridge, the third circular ridge rising above and being contiguous with the fourth circular ridge, the fourth circular ridge and the fourth opening being disposed between first and second ends of the third circular ridge, the third circular ridge and the fourth circular ridge in combination defining a complete circle, the first circular ridge and the second circular ridge in combination defining the inner boundary of the second circular channel, the third circular ridge and the fourth circular ridge in combination defining the outer boundary of the second circular channel;
(g) a third circular channel concentric with and circumscribing the second circular channel, the third circular channel comprising the third circular ridge, the fourth circular ridge, a fifth circular ridge, a sixth circular ridge, and a fifth opening which includes the sixth circular ridge, the fifth circular ridge rising above and being contiguous with the sixth circular ridge, the sixth circular ridge and the fifth opening being disposed between first and second ends of the fifth circular ridge, the fifth circular ridge and the sixth circular ridge in combination defining a complete circle, the third circular ridge and the fourth circular ridge in combination defining the inner boundary of the third circular channel, the fifth circular ridge and the sixth circular ridge in combination defining the outer boundary of the third circular channel;
and
(h) a fourth circular channel concentric with and circumscribing the third circular channel, the fourth circular channel comprising the fifth circular ridge the sixth circular ridge, a raised surface, and the peripheral second opening, the raised surface rising above and being contiguous with the lower planar interior surface of the first plate, the fifth circular ridge and the sixth circular ridge in combination defining the inner boundary of the fourth circular channel, the raised surface defining the outer boundary of the fourth circular channel;
the first, third, and fifth circular ridges and the raised surface being higher than the second, fourth, and sixth circular ridges, the second plate having
(i) a circular central sixth opening extending therethrough, the central sixth opening in the second plate being coaxial with and juxtaposed to the central first opening the first plate when the first and second plates are assembled to hold the sheet therebetween.

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Abstract

A housing for a sheet of phase-separating

material, comprising:
(a) a planar first plate having exterior and interior surfaces;
and
(b) a planar second plate having exterior and interior surfaces;
the first and second plates being constructed and arranged to hold the sheet between the interior surfaces of the first and second plates in a parallel configuration;
the first plate having
(c) a circular central first opening extending therethrough;
and
(d) a peripheral second opening extending through the perimeter of the first plate;
the first plate including an its interior surface a plurality of concentric channels comprising
(e) first circular channel concentric with and circumscribing the central opening, the first circular channel comprising a first circular ridge, a second circular ridge, and a third opening which includes the second circular ridge the first circular ridge rising above and being contiguous with the second circular ridge, the second circular ridge and the third opening being disposed between first and second ends of the first circular ridge, the first circular ridge and the second circular ridge in combination defining a complete circle;
(f) a second circular channel concentric with and circumscribing the first circular channel, the second circular channel comprising the first circular ridge, the second circular ridge a third circular ridge, a fourth circular ridge, and a fourth opening which includes the fourth circular ridge, the third circular ridge rising above and being contiguous with the fourth circular ridge, the fourth circular ridge and the fourth opening being disposed between first and second ends of the third circular ridge, the third circular ridge and the fourth circular ridge in combination defining a complete circle, the first circular ridge and the second circular ridge in combination defining the inner boundary of the second circular channel, the third circular ridge and the fourth circular ridge in combination defining the outer boundary of the second circular channel;
(g) a third circular channel concentric with and circumscribing the second circular channel, the third circular channel comprising the third circular ridge, the fourth circular ridge, a fifth circular ridge, a sixth circular ridge, and a fifth opening which includes the sixth circular ridge, the fifth circular ridge rising above and being contiguous with the sixth circular ridge, the sixth circular ridge and the fifth opening being disposed between first and second ends of the fifth circular ridge, the fifth circular ridge and the sixth circular ridge in combination defining a complete circle, the third circular ridge and the fourth circular ridge in combination defining the inner boundary of the third circular channel, the fifth circular ridge and the sixth circular ridge in combination defining the outer boundary of the third circular channel;
and
(h) a fourth circular channel concentric with and circumscribing the third circular channel, the fourth circular channel comprising the fifth circular ridge the sixth circular ridge, a raised surface, and the peripheral second opening, the raised surface rising above and being contiguous with the lower planar interior surface of the first plate, the fifth circular ridge and the sixth circular ridge in combination defining the inner boundary of the fourth circular channel, the raised surface defining the outer boundary of the fourth circular channel;
the first, third, and fifth circular ridges and the raised surface being higher than the second, fourth, and sixth circular ridges, the second plate having
(i) a circular central sixth opening extending therethrough, the central sixth opening in the second plate being coaxial with and juxtaposed to the central first opening the first plate when the first and second plates are assembled to hold the sheet therebetween.

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