Gas separation – Means within gas stream for conducting concentrate to collector
Patent
1979-06-28
1981-08-18
Spitzer, Robert H.
Gas separation
Means within gas stream for conducting concentrate to collector
55 17, 55 66, 55158, 55277, B01D 5322, B01D 5912
Patent
active
042844185
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for separating molecules or particles of different mass comprises combining the molecules or particles in a carrier gas of lighter molecular weight, accelerating the composite mixture in a supersonic free jet, decelerating the free jet through a light background gas at a controlled pressure, directing the decelerating jet onto a membrane wherein the constituents of the composite mixture are segregated, withdrawing a stream enriched in the high mass species which preferentially pass through the membrane, and withdrawing a stream enriched in the low mass species which are preferentially blocked by the membrane.
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