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US 6,303,368 B1Granted
Device for liquid or gas process streams and method of making and using same
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsWillard A. Cutler, Tinghong Tao
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AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsWillard A. Cutler, Tinghong Tao
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A device for use in processing of a liquid and/or gas stream. The device is made up of a monolithic structure having active powder for treating streams. The structure has an inlet end and an outlet end and a multiplicity of cells extending from inlet end to outlet end. The cells are separated from one another by porous walls, a portion of the total number of cells being plugged in a pattern such that a stream enters the device through the unplugged cells at the inlet end and passes through at least two porous walls and the active powder in-between, and thereafter passes out of the device through unplugged cells at the outlet end. The device finds use in a number of applications including ion exchange, adsorption, biological and chemical reactions, and catalytic applications.
A device for use in processing of a liquid and/or gas stream, the device comprising a monolithic structure having active powder for treating streams, the structure having an inlet end and an outlet end and a multiplicity of cells extending from inlet end to outlet end, the cells being separated from one another by porous walls, a portion of the total number of cells being filled with an active material and plugged at the inlet and the outlet ends, a portion of the remaining cells being plugged at the inlet end, and the cells that are open at the inlet end being plugged at the outlet end, so that a stream entering the device through the unplugged cells at the inlet end passes through two consecutive porous walls forming a cell with active powder, and thereafter passes out of the device through unplugged cells at the outlet end.
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