Separation method and assembly for process streams in component separation units
AssigneeCrystaphase International, Inc.
InventorsJohn N. Glover, Peter G. Ham, Krishna K. Rao, Stephen J. McGovern
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Abstract
A method and assembly for utilizing open-cell cellular solid material in a component separation unit to separate one or more process streams into component process streams having desired compositions. A method and assembly for using said open-cell cellular solid material to separate process streams into desired component process streams in a component separation unit, wherein the open-cell cellular solid material can include oxides, carbides, nitrides, borides, ceramics, metals, polymers, and chemical vapor deposition materials.
Claims41
A method of separating at least one process stream into one or more component process streams having desired compositions in a component separation unit, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a stochastic three dimensional cellular solid material having a solid component and one or more cells in the unit;
- (b) positioning the cellular solid material within at least one zone of the unit;
- (c) introducing two or more phases of the at least one process stream into the zone containing the cellular solid material;
- (d) contacting the two or more phases at a surface of the cellular solid material to facilitate mass transfer;
- and (e) recovering at least a portion of one or more of the phases from the unit as at least one component process stream, wherein the at least one component process stream has a desired composition and wherein the cellular solid material has a pore size in the range of about 100 microns to about 6,000 microns.
A component separation unit assembly, the assembly comprising a unit having a stochastic three dimensional cellular solid material having a solid component and one or more cells disposed therewithin and having a surface upon which two or more phases from at least one process stream are contacted to facilitate mass transfer, wherein the cellular solid material has a pore size in the range of about 100 microns to about 6,000 microns.
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