Air-sparged hydrocyclone for cryogenic gas vapor separation

Patent · Tue Sep 03 00:00:00 EDT 2019

OSTI ID:1576386

Baxter, Larry; Hoeger, Christopher; Sayre, Aaron; Chamberlain, Skyler; Stitt, Kyler; Mansfield, Eric; Burt, Stephanie; Chamberlain, Jacom; Baxter, Andrew; Davis, Nathan

An air-sparged hydrocyclone for separating a vapor from a carrier gas is disclosed. The cyclone comprises a porous sparger covered by an outer gas plenum. A cryogenic liquid is injected to a tangential feed inlet at a velocity that induces a tangential flow and a cyclone vortex in the air-sparged hydrocyclone. The carrier gas is injected into the cyclone through the porous sparger. The vapor dissolves, condenses, desublimates, or a combination thereof, forming a vapor-depleted carrier gas and a vapor-enriched cryogenic liquid. The vapor-depleted carrier gas is drawn through a vortex finder and the vapor-enriched cryogenic liquid is drawn through an apex nozzle outlet. In this manner, the vapor is removed from the carrier gas.

• Research Organization: Sustainable Energy Solutions, LLC, Orem, UT (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FE0028697
• Assignee: Sustainable Energy Solutions, LLC (Orem, UT)
• Patent Number(s): 10,399,092
• Application Number: 15/439,482
• OSTI ID: 1576386
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 2017 Feb 22
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English