Abstract
A gas/liquid heat and/or mass exchanger including a chamber to hold the liquid, the bottom wall of the chamber defining at least one outlet orifice. A plurality of thin guide filaments descends from the orifice or orifices, and at least one thin, falling film of liquid flows down the filaments. The guide filaments are preferably substantially straight and under longitudinal tension. They may be either vertically oriented or tilted, and each one may be either a monofilament of multiple filament. An array of guide filaments may descend from each outlet orifice, and all such arrays may be parallel. A preferred form of the method of forming each outlet orifice is disclosed. A non-fouling nozzle for controlling the flow of liquid is disclosed as a subcombination.
Key facts
- Application
- 07/317,459Filed 1 Mar 1989
- Granted
- 25 Dec 1990
- Term ends
- Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.
Classification4 codes
- B01J 19/247
Stationary reactors without moving elements inside: suited for forming thin films
- B01J 4/002
Feed or outlet devices as such, e.g. feeding tubes: nozzle-type elements
- B01J 10/02
Chemical processes in general for reacting liquid with gaseous media other than in the presence of solid particles, or apparatus specially…
- B01J
Chemical or physical processes
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