Title: 3D printed modular centrifugal contactors and method for separating moieties using 3D printed optimized surfaces

Abstract

The present invention provides an annular centrifugal contactor, having a housing to receive a plurality of liquids; a rotor inside the housing; an annular mixing zone, with a plurality of fluid retention reservoirs; and an adjustable stem that can be raised to restrict the flow of a liquid into the rotor or lowered to increase the flow of liquid into the rotor. The invention also provides a method for transferring moieties from a first liquid to a second liquid, the method having the steps of combining the fluids in a housing whose interior has helically shaped first channels; subjecting the fluids to a spinning rotor to produce a mixture, whereby the channels simultaneously conduct the mixture downwardly and upwardly; and passing the mixture through the rotor to contact second channels, whereby the channels pump the second liquid through a first aperture while the first fluid exits a second aperture.

Inventors:

Wardle, Kent E.

Issue Date:

2017-08-29

Research Org.:

Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:

USDOE

OSTI Identifier:

1377884

Patent Number(s):

9744476

Application Number:

15/066,393

Assignee:

UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC

Patent Classifications (CPCs):

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY

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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION

B01D11/048 - {Mixing by counter-current streams provoked by centrifugal force, in rotating coils or in other rotating spaces}
B01D15/1807 - {using counter-currents, e.g. fluidised beds}
B01D15/1892 - {the sorbent material moving as a whole, e.g. continuous annular chromatography, true moving beds}
B01D2011/002 - {Counter-current extraction}

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY

B01J14/005 - {in the presence of catalytically active bodies, e.g. porous plates}
B01J19/18 - Stationary reactors having moving elements inside
B01J19/185 - {of the pulsating type}
B01J2219/00024 - Revamping, retrofitting or modernisation of existing plants
B01J2219/00094 - Jackets

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B33 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY B33Y - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING

B33Y80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing

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DOE Contract Number:  

AC02-06H11357

Resource Type:

Patent

Resource Relation:

Patent File Date: 2016 Mar 10

Country of Publication:

United States

Language:

English

Subject:

38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE