Device for carrying out physical and/or chemical reactions between liquids and gases

Claim 1

Device for carrying out physical or chemical reactions or both types of reactions between liquids and gases comprising a vertically disposed reaction channel provided with at least one device for feeding liquid thereto, said reaction channel having disposed therein at least one row of jalousie-like overlapping members, each member having an impact surface terminating in a trough-shaped collecting space, said trough-shaped collecting spaces being horizontally disposed in said vertical reaction channel, a gas supply inlet for introducing gas flow in an upward direction into said reaction channel disposed at the lower end thereof, a liquid feed inlet for introducing the liquid in the reaction channel in counterflow direction to the gas flow disposed at a location above at least one row of the members which have an impact surface, said impact surfaces extending transversely to the direction of flow of said gas supplied to the reaction channel, the open side of said trough-shaped collecting space facing the flow of gas and located downstream to the gas flow of an imaginary upward extension of the impact surface with the impact surface upstream from the imaginary extension, said liquid feed inlet feeding the liquid so that the gas flow contacts the liquid at said impact surface and travels therewith along said impact surface upstream of said trough-shaped collecting space and collects therewith in said trough-shaped collecting space wherein intimate reaction occurs and a liquid fog is formed, means for withdrawing liquid from the reaction channel and control means for adjusting said liquid feeding device to introduce into said reaction channel a volume of liquid greater than the volume of liquid flowing out via said trough-shaped collecting spaces, and an outlet in said reaction channel disposed at the upper end thereof for discharge of gas carrying out therewith liquid particles from said reaction channel.