Apparatus and procedure for contact between fluids

摘要: 898,092. Contacting a liquid with fluid of less density. ALUMINIUM LABORATORIES Ltd. July 20, 1959 [July 29, 1958], No. 24884/59. Class 55 (2). In method contacting density and not wholly miscible therewith, the is passed upwardly in vessel 10 from an inlet 17 to outlet 22 through bed floating buoyant elements 27 arranged between grids 13 16 wetted by pipe 20. The may contain more than one are preferably spherical or spheroidal suitably be table-tennis balls, balls foamed plastics impervious external surface hollow metal spheres. spheres used “ inch 3 inches diameter, 1 2¢ inches, have 1¢ 11 pounds per cubic foot. example washing gas liquid, velocity was 600 foot minute were diameter weighing about 5.5 gms. apiece.