Material extraction nozzle coupled with distillation tower and vapors separator

Claim 1

A mass transfer system, comprising: a plurality of material extraction nozzles being arranged in a cascade relationship, each material extraction nozzle having a static mixer arranged to effect injection of a solvent into material being extracted, said static mixer being installed upstream of each said material extraction nozzle, wherein at least one of said material extraction nozzle comprises: (i) a nozzle body shell having an outer surface with a tangentially located material inlet at an upper portion thereof and an inner surface defining in part a frustrum of a cone; (ii) a substantially conical diffuser section having an outer surface terminating in an apex, said diffuser section axially aligned within said nozzle body shell in a spaced relation therewith so as to form an extraction chamber with said inner surface of said nozzle body shell and said outer surface of said substantially conical diffuser section; (iii) an extracted material outlet port positioned axially through said substantially conical diffuser section; (iv) at least one rejected material capillary outlet located below the apex of said diffuser section; and (v) a throat piece having a throat body, said throat piece positioned so that said throat body is located below and spaced apart from the apex of said diffuser section so as to form a throat, wherein said diffuser section and said throat body are configured and arranged so as to create a Mach flow condition at said throat.