Tapered bed apparatus for fluid-solid mass transfer operations

摘要

A mass transfer method for transferring a component from gases or liquids into adsorbent granules or ion-exchange resin granules utilizing a mass transfer apparatus that allows for the fluid velocity to decrease from the inlet to the outlet. The apparatus is partially filled with porous granules comprising large and small diameter particles arranged such that the larger diameter granules are located closer to the inlet than the smaller diameter granules.