Continuous processing reactors and methods of using same
AssigneeR3 Fusion, Inc.
InventorsRoshan J. J. Jachuck, Supriya Jachuck
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Abstract
A system having a reactor for continuous processing of fluid is provided herein. The reactor, in general, includes an outer vessel to accommodate fluids to be processed or used in connection therewith, an inner vessel situated within the outer vessel to serve as an energy exchange surface, and an annular space defined between the outer and inner vessels and along which processing of the fluids can be implemented. The continuous thin film reactor can be used to perform, for example, distillation and evaporation, fluid-fluid or solid-fluid-fluid reactions, organic reactions, cooling, and desalination.
Claims49
A reactor comprising:
- an outer vessel having an inner surface against which a fluid being processed can be accommodated;
- an inner vessel, situated within the outer vessel, and having an outer surface serving as a heat exchange surface for the fluid being processed;
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- an annular space defined between the outer vessel and the inner vessel for providing a pathway along which processing of the fluid can be implemented, the annular space being designed to maintain a temperature differential between the outer vessel and the inner vessel to impart the fluid being processed with relatively high transport rates.
A method for processing a fluid, the method comprising:
- introducing into an outer vessel and against its inner surface a fluid being processed;
- providing, within the outer vessel, an inner vessel with a heat exchange surface at a temperature different than that of the fluid being processed;
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- maintaining a temperature differential across a pathway between the outer vessel and the inner vessel to impart to the fluid being processed therein relatively high transport rates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.