Split loop contactor
Abstract
Abstract A CONTINUOUS CYCLIC PROCESS FOR CONTACTING ION EXCHANGE RESIN WITH TWO OR MORE LIQUIDS IN A PLURALITY OF SERIALLY CONNECTED U-SHAPED COLUMNS INCLUDES INTRODUCING A FIRST LIQUID INTO A FIRST U-SHAPED COLUMN LOOP WHEREUPON A COMPONENT THEREOF IS ABSORBED ON THE ION EXCHANGE RESIN THEREIN. A SECOND LIQUID IS INTRODUCED INTO A SECOND COLUMN WHICH CONTAINS A PORTION OF THE ION EXCHANGE RESIN PREVIOUSLY CONTAINED IN THE FIRST COLUMN LOOP SERIALLY CONNECTED THEREWITH, SAID PORTION OF THE ION EXCHANGE RESIN HAVING ABSORBED THEREON THE COMPONENT FROM SAID FIRST LIQUID. THE SECOND LIQUID HAS A FIRST COMPONENT EXCHANGEABLE WITH THE COMPONENT FROM THE FIRST LIQUID ON THE ION EXCHANGE RESIN AND A SECOND COMPONENT COMBINABLE WITH THE COMPONENT FROM THE FIRST LIQUID WHICH IS RELEASED FROM THE ION EXCHANGE RESIN DURING THE EXCHANGE. A PRODUCT WHICH IS THE COMBINATION OF THE SECOND COMPONENT OF THE SECOND LIQUID AND THE RELEASED COMPONENT OF THE FIRST LIQUID IS THEN REMOVAL FROM THE SECOND COLUMN LOOP.
Inventors
- 👤 Irwin R Higgins
- 👤 Jack D Ferner
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