Chemistry: electrical and wave energy – Processes and products – Electrostatic field or electrical discharge
Patent
1993-09-03
1994-10-25
Niebling, John
Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
Processes and products
Electrostatic field or electrical discharge
204190, 204302, 204305, B03C 500
Patent
active
053586140
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for the removal or conversion of constituents from bulk organic liquids. A countercurrent biphasic bioreactor system is utilized to disperse and recoalesce a biocatalyst contained in the aqueous liquid phase into the organic liquid phase containing the constituent. Two transient, high-intensity electrical fields rupture the aqueous drops into a plurality of microdroplets and induce continuous coalescence and redispersion as the microdroplets travel through the organic phase, thus increasing surface area. As the aqueous microdroplets progress through the organic phase, the biocatalyst then reacts with the constituent to produce a product which is then removed from the bioreactor in the aqueous phase or retained in the organic phase. The organic liquid, now free of the original constituents, is ready for immediate use or further processing.
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Scott Charles D.
Scott Timothy
Adams Harold W.
Martin Marietta Energy Systems Inc.
Niebling John
Phasge Arun S,.
Smirman Preston H.
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