Hail tower for gas-vapor separations
Abstract
A device and process for removing vapors from a gas is disclosed. A tower is provided. Sub-cooled pellets are distributed by the solids distributor across a horizontal cross-section of the tower. A process gas, comprising a product vapor, passes through the gas inlet. The product vapor and the sub-cooled pellets comprise the same material. The product vapor and the sub-cooled pellets agglomerate as the product vapor desublimates onto the sub-cooled pellets, forming product pellets and a vapor-depleted gas. A crushing device, a screening device, and a solids heat exchanger are provided. A portion of the product pellets are recycled as sub-cooled pellets to the solids distributor by crushing and screening the portion of the product pellets to the size distribution of the sub-cooled pellets and cooling the portion of the product pellets to produce the sub-cooled pellets.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Hall Labs LLC, Provo, UT (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1632569
- Patent Number(s):
- 10563916
- Application Number:
- 15/635,985
- Assignee:
- Hall Labs LLC (Provo, UT)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B02 - CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING B02C - CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL
- DOE Contract Number:
- FE0028697
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 06/28/2017
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Baxter, Larry, Sayre, Aaron, Hoeger, Christopher, Burt, Stephanie, Frankman, David, Mansfield, Eric, and Davis, Nathan. Hail tower for gas-vapor separations. United States: N. p., 2020.
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Baxter, Larry, Sayre, Aaron, Hoeger, Christopher, Burt, Stephanie, Frankman, David, Mansfield, Eric, & Davis, Nathan. Hail tower for gas-vapor separations. United States.
Baxter, Larry, Sayre, Aaron, Hoeger, Christopher, Burt, Stephanie, Frankman, David, Mansfield, Eric, and Davis, Nathan. Tue .
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title = {Hail tower for gas-vapor separations},
author = {Baxter, Larry and Sayre, Aaron and Hoeger, Christopher and Burt, Stephanie and Frankman, David and Mansfield, Eric and Davis, Nathan},
abstractNote = {A device and process for removing vapors from a gas is disclosed. A tower is provided. Sub-cooled pellets are distributed by the solids distributor across a horizontal cross-section of the tower. A process gas, comprising a product vapor, passes through the gas inlet. The product vapor and the sub-cooled pellets comprise the same material. The product vapor and the sub-cooled pellets agglomerate as the product vapor desublimates onto the sub-cooled pellets, forming product pellets and a vapor-depleted gas. A crushing device, a screening device, and a solids heat exchanger are provided. A portion of the product pellets are recycled as sub-cooled pellets to the solids distributor by crushing and screening the portion of the product pellets to the size distribution of the sub-cooled pellets and cooling the portion of the product pellets to produce the sub-cooled pellets.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Feb 18 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Tue Feb 18 00:00:00 EST 2020}
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