CENTRIFUGAL FLUID RING REACTOR

摘要

The Centrifugal Fluid Ring Reactor employs a centrifugal impeller and a fluid barrier to mix multi-phase fluids and repeatedly move the mixture through a reaction zone, where the mixture contacts catalysts and/or is subjected to electromagnetic, mechanical, nuclear, or sonic energy to create ions, free radicals or activated molecules, which initiate or promote a desired reaction. It can be used to convert carbon dioxide, methane and other gaseous carbon sources into liquid fuel at ambient temperature and pressure.

主权项

1. An apparatus employing centrifugal force to mix and react two or more reactive fluid materials comprising:
a) a cylindrical rotor comprising one or more disks mounted on a shaft through its axis and enclosed in a casing with the periphery of said rotor being in close proximity to one or more walls of a casing; said rotor having means for rotating the rotor on its axis, so that it imparts centrifugal force to fluids to expel them at the periphery of the rotor, and having one or more means to initiate and promote reactions between the reactive fluids as they pass through the rotor; b) a casing having sides parallel to and in close proximity to the ends of the rotor of claim 1 a), said sides of the casing being joined around their edges by walls that enclose an annular space to contain the rotor and fluids being mixed, having means for feeding fluids into the casing and removing fluids from the casing and having means for adding and removing energy from the apparatus; and c) a dense layer of fluid around the inside wall of the casing of claim 1 b), in which the rotor is partially immersed, said dense layer being formed and maintained by being thrown out to the casing wall and caused to circulate around said wall by the centrifugal force imparted by the rotor; so that said dense layer forces less dense fluids back through the rotor as it is immersed in the dense layer of fluid by the rotation of the rotor.