摘要:
The present invention provides methods and devices for producing particles with an average diameter less than about 15 μm using the precipitation with compressed fluid-antisolvent (PCA) process and the carbon-dioxide assisted nebulization with a bubble dryer (CAN-BD) process. In the methods and nozzles of the invention, at least one jet of supercritical or near-supercritical fluid and at least one jet of solution interact to mix the supercritical or near-supercritical fluid and the solution within a chamber. The solution contains at least one solvent and at least one solute. At least one of the jets is a swirling jet. To form particles, the solvent and supercritical or near-supercritical fluid are then injected into a PCA or a CAN-BD process chamber. The degree of mixing depends in part on the power input into the mixing chamber. Power inputs of about 6.5×109 W/m3 enhance the degree of mixing and allow production of nanoscale particles with the PCA process. The nanoscale particles have a size distribution so that polydispersity is less than about 1.75.
摘要翻译:本发明提供了使用压缩流体 - 反溶剂(PCA)沉淀法和用气泡干燥器(CAN-BD)方法进行二氧化碳辅助雾化来生产平均直径小于约15μm的颗粒的方法和装置。 在本发明的方法和喷嘴中,至少一个超临界或近超临界流体射流和至少一个溶液射流相互作用以将超临界或近超临界流体和溶液在腔室内混合。 该溶液含有至少一种溶剂和至少一种溶质。 至少有一架喷气式飞机是旋流式飞机。 为了形成颗粒,然后将溶剂和超临界或近临界流体注入PCA或CAN-BD处理室中。 混合程度部分取决于输入混合室的功率。 大约6.5×10 9 W / m 3的功率输入提高了混合的程度并允许用PCA工艺生产纳米尺寸的颗粒。 纳米级颗粒具有尺寸分布,使得多分散性小于约1.75。
摘要:
An apparatus and process is provided for improved asphaltene separation from heavy hydrocarbon or bitumen with low process complexity through mass transfer using solvent and counter-current flows, with three sections: an upper DAO/solid-asphaltene separation zone, a middle solvent mixing and segregation zone, and a bottom clarification zone. Solvent mixed with heavy hydrocarbon forms a process feed introduced to the process vessel's upper zone and exposed to counter-current solvent removing DAO from solid asphaltene particles in the feed, the particles fall through the middle zone and are mixed with introduced solvent, which introduced solvent segregates DAO-rich solution in the upper zone (for extraction from that zone) from solvent-rich mixtures in the middle mixing and lower clarification zones. Solvent flows and precipitate movement are controlled to optimize mass transfer in process, resulting in high DAO recovery and dry, solid asphaltene product.
摘要:
A shower system comprising an elongated tubular conduit having several windings arranged in helix formation with a central helix axis disposed vertically is used by persons to shower. Perforations having an outlet size of about 0.8 mm.sup.2 are located in the inner sidewalls of the windings which sides face toward the central helix axis. A length of the spraying extends over a length of about 10 to 20 meters so that the internal helix space houses a person standing or sitting therein. The temperature of the water ejected from the perforations can be raised so high and can be sustained for so long that the person taking such a shower undergoes a sauna effect. This sauna effect is provided by a distance between adjacent perforations, in the spraying zone, of about 2.5 to 10 centimeters (or 200 to 400 over the entire spraying zone).
摘要:
A device for dispersing a second phase in a first phase is provided, wherein gas inlet means are arranged at the bottom of a vessel. The outlet parts of these inlet elements have a varying distance to the bottom, this distance decreasing towards the center of the bottom. The distance of the outer outlet parts of the elements to the bottom, for those located near to the periphery, is from 15 to 40% of the diameter of the bottom.