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Gas liquid contacting method
Assignee: LINKROSE Ltd 102 CARPENTER ROAD EDGBASTON BIRMINGHAM B15 2JU ENGLAND A Co OF UNITED KINGDOM
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Filing: 1988-01-27
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Granted: 1989-05-30
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Expires: 2008-01-27
Abstract
Abstract A method of improving the contacting of a gas and a liquid by injecting liquid, together with the gas in the form of substantially uniformly sized bubbles, into a vertical column of the liquid so as to introduce both a vertical downflow along the column axis and a rotational movement of the liquid-gas mixture about the axis. Preferably at least a major part of the liquid and a part of the gas is introduced tangentially near the top of the column, the remainder being introduced axially as a high velocity stream from the top of the column.
Inventors
- 👤 Adrian P. Boyes
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 20:08
CPC Classifications
C; C02; C02F; C02F3/00; C02F3/02; C02F3/12; C02F3/1278; C02F3/1294; B; B01; B01F; B01F23/00; B01F23/40; B01F23/45; B01F23/454; B01F25/00; B01F25/10; C02F3/22; C02F3/226; Y; Y02; Y02W; Y02W10/00; Y02W10/10; Y10; Y10S; Y10S261/00; Y10S261/75
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
131 words
A method of contacting a gas and a liquid in a vertical downflow contacting column which has an upper zone and a lower zone and a central vertical axis, said method comprising introducing gas and liquid into said upper zone so that the gas is present in said upper zone dispersed in liquid in the form of bubbles, circulating liquid or liquid iwth gas bubbles dispersed therein in said upper zone to cause rotational flow substantially around said central vertical axis, feeding liquid or liquid with gas bubbles dispersed therein axially downwardly along said central vertical axis within said rotional flow in said upper zone, thereby to cause separation of bubbles from liquid in said lower zone to form bubble-free liquid therein, and removing said bubble-free liquid from said lower zone.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
131 words
A method of contacting a gas and a liquid in a vertical downflow contacting column which has an upper zone and a lower zone and a central vertical axis, said method comprising introducing gas and liquid into said upper zone so that the gas is present in said upper zone dispersed in liquid in the form of bubbles, circulating liquid or liquid iwth gas bubbles dispersed therein in said upper zone to cause rotational flow substantially around said central vertical axis, feeding liquid or liquid with gas bubbles dispersed therein axially downwardly along said central vertical axis within said rotional flow in said upper zone, thereby to cause separation of bubbles from liquid in said lower zone to form bubble-free liquid therein, and removing said bubble-free liquid from said lower zone.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein said circulating and said feeding are such as to produce an axial vortex which separates gas bubbles from liquid wherein said bubbles impact on each other and coalesce and rise.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
91 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein a major proportion of the liquid entering the column is introduced in the form of a wall tangential liquid stream near the top of the column, a minor proportion of the liquid entering the column is introduced as a relatively high velocity axial stream(s), and wherein gas is dispersed as small regular bubbles and introduced either via the axial liquid inlet stream or by the tangentially injected liquid stream at a position remote from the top of the column, or via both such routes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method of gas-liquid contacting according to claim 1 wherein all the liquid enters axially at the top of the column with a combined rotational and vertical downflow component induced by a swirl unit in the inlet tube.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein at least part of the liquid introduced into the column is injected in the form of a wall-tangential liquid stream.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 5 wherein the gas is introduced into the column in said wall-tangential liquid stream.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method as recited in claim 6 wherein part of the liquid is injected into the column in the form of a wall-tangential stream and the remainder is introduced into the column via an orifice nozzle leading axially into the column.
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