Distillation: processes – separatory – Particular type of heating
Patent
1984-02-08
1986-10-14
Bashore, S. Leon
Distillation: processes, separatory
Particular type of heating
203 41, 203 71, 203 86, 203DIG9, 202158, 202173, 202235, 159906, 159903, B01D 304, B01D 1500
Patent
active
046170936
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for separating at least one component of a mixture from another without the aid of gravity comprises, in one embodiment, a heat pipe structure having an inlet and spaced outlets, a wick element disposed within the heat pipe for inducing a capillary flow of condensed phase mixture in liquid form therealong and spaced heating and cooling elements for creating zones of higher and lower temperature, respectively, within the heat pipe structure. In an alternate embodiment, a sorbent column is provided having an inlet and spaced outlets, a sorbent material disposed along the inner wall of the column for inducing a flow of adsorbed mixture therealong and spaced heating and cooling elements for creating zones of higher and lower temperature. The mixture is introduced into the heat pipe structure or sorbent column and the heating and cooling elements induce a countercurrent flow in which at least one component of the mixture in vapor phase migrates toward the zone of lower temperature and at least one other component in condensed phase migrates toward the zone of higher temperature. The components, in concentrated form, are removed from the heat pipe or sorbent column structures through the outlets at the zones of higher and lower temperature.
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Bashore S. Leon
Manoharan V.
University of Cincinnati
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