Method for forming consistently-sized and controllably-timed droplets

    公开(公告)号:US10443838B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-15

    申请号:US15479471

    申请日:2017-04-05

    Applicant: Larry Baxter

    Inventor: Larry Baxter

    Abstract: A method for forming substantially consistently-sized and substantially controllably-timed droplets is disclosed. An opening is provided through which a protrusion passes. The protrusion ends at a tip below the opening. A process liquid is provided to the opening at a controlled flow rate. The process liquid passes through the opening and flows along the protrusion, forming a droplet of the process liquid on the tip that reaches a substantially consistent droplet size and falls. The process liquid continues to pass through the opening at an even time interval based on the flow rate. In this manner, substantially consistently-sized and substantially controllably-timed droplets are formed.

    Method and apparatus for continuous removal of water vapors from gases

    公开(公告)号:US10307709B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-04

    申请号:US15410106

    申请日:2017-01-19

    Abstract: A method for continuously removing water vapor from a carrier gas is disclosed. This method includes, first, causing direct contact of the carrier gas with a liquid mixture in a separation chamber, the carrier gas condensing at a lower temperature than the water vapor. A combination of chemical effects cause the water vapor to condense, complex, or both condense and complex with the liquid mixture. The liquid mixture is chosen from the group consisting of: first, a combination of components that can be maintained in a liquid phase at a temperature below the water vapor's condensation point, whereby the water vapor condenses into the liquid mixture; second, a combination of components where at least one component forms a chemical complex with the water vapor and thereby extracts at least a portion of the water vapor from the carrier gas; and third, a combination of components that can both be maintained in a liquid phase at a temperature below the water vapor's condensation point, and wherein at least one component forms a chemical complex with the water vapor and thereby extracts at least a portion of the water vapor from the carrier gas. The liquid mixture is then reconstituted after passing through the separation chamber by a chemical separation process chosen to remove an equivalent amount of the water vapor from the liquid mixture as was removed from the carrier gas. The reconstituted liquid mixture is restored to temperature and pressure through heat exchange, compression, and expansion, as necessary, in preparation for recycling back to the separation chamber. The liquid mixture is then returned to the separation chamber. In this manner, the carrier gas leaving the exchanger has between 1% and 100% of the water vapor removed.

    Plate and Frame Heat Exchangers with Variable Chamber Sizes

    公开(公告)号:US20190101334A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-04

    申请号:US15724776

    申请日:2017-10-04

    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for a heat exchanger and operation of a heat exchanger are disclosed. The heat exchanger comprises a chamber with a plurality of fluid inlets and a plurality of fluid outlets. The chamber comprises plates, the plates being parallel and defining fluid plenums between each of the plates. The fluid plenums define a fluid flow path, wherein each of the fluid plenums are aligned with one of the plurality of fluid inlets, one of the plurality of fluid outlets, a fluid path between at least two of the fluid plenums, or a combination thereof. The plates are mounted on guides perpendicular to a plane of the plates. The plates move along the guides due to changes in pressure in the fluid plenums, application of an external force to the one or more plates, or a combination thereof.

    Solids Conveyance across Pressure Gradients using Pistons in Rotating Disks

    公开(公告)号:US20190039836A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-07

    申请号:US15665708

    申请日:2017-08-01

    Abstract: A method and device for transferring solid particles between zones of different pressures is disclosed. A rotating annular disk spans a pressure barrier and comprises a radial piston cylinder connecting the exterior with the interior. A piston is disposed within the radial piston cylinder comprising a proximal end and distal end, the distal end comprising a cam follower. A stationary closed cam device is located within the interior portion comprising an internal cam profile. The cam follower is in contact with the internal cam profile. As the disk rotates, the cam follower tracks the cam profile causing the piston to move rectilinearly through the radial piston cylinder. As the radial piston cylinder aligns with a solids source, the piston retracts, providing a cavity into which the solid particles fall. As the radial piston cylinder aligns with a solids receptacle the piston returns, ejecting the solid particles into the solids receptacle.

    Distillation Column with Connected Reboiler
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190009187A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-10

    申请号:US15641738

    申请日:2017-07-05

    Abstract: A method and device are disclosed for a distillation column. The distillation column comprises a first liquid portion below a first gas portion. The first liquid portion comprises an opening through a side wall comprising a gas backflow preventer. A horizontal reboiler is attached to the opening, the reboiler comprising a second gas portion above a second liquid portion. The recycle gas outlet and the recycle gas inlet are connected by a recycle gas pipe. A descending process liquid stream passes through a recycle gas stream in the first gas portion, forming a bottoms liquid stream, which pools and passes through the opening into the reboiler, and is separated in the reboiler into a product liquid stream, which passes out a liquid outlet, and the recycle gas stream, which is prevented from passing back through the opening by the gas backflow preventer, passing instead through a recycle gas outlet.

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