SEPARATION PROCESSES AND UNITS VIA MINIMAL SURFACE AREA MASS AND HEAT TRANSFER PACKING

摘要

Mass transfer packing with a minimal surface or a triply periodic minimal surface which enables significantly improved performance for separation and mixing applications particularly with respect to distillation, liquid-liquid contacting, and heat exchange applications.

主权项

1. A method of distillation which comprises:
passing a vapor into a first volume of a distillation column, the distillation column comprising a minimal surface area material which separates the first volume from a second volume of the distillation column; passing a liquid into the second volume of the distillation column; circulating the vapor and the liquid countercurrently within the distillation column to produce a distillate; and extracting the distillate from the distillation column.