| US 7,537,644 B2 | ||
| Method for degassing a liquid | ||
| Jonathan Park, Chardon, Ohio (US); and Nelson Gardner, Largo, Fla. (US) | ||
| Assigned to GasTran Systems, Cleveland, Ohio (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 29, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/824,064. | ||
| Application 11/824064 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/541766, filed on Oct. 02, 2006. | ||
| Application 11/541766 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/971385, filed on Oct. 22, 2004, granted, now 7,326,283. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/514213, filed on Oct. 24, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0295662 A1, Dec. 27, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B01D 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 95—261 [96/216] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A method for degassing a liquid, said method comprising the steps of:
providing a rotating packed bed (RPB) reactor, the RPB reactor comprising a rotatable permeable element disposed within a
chamber and defining an interior region, the rotatable permeable element, as a whole, having a porosity of less than about
40 pores per inch, at least one liquid inlet for infusing the liquid into the interior region, at least one gas outlet for
removing a gas from the interior region, and at least one liquid outlet for removing a liquid from the interior region;
causing the rotatable permeable element within the RPB reactor to spin at a tangential velocity of about 4 m/s to about 25
m/s;
infusing the liquid into the at least one liquid inlet at an inlet flow rate;
applying a vacuum to the interior region of the RPB reactor via the at least one gas outlet; and
generating a liquid substantially free of the gas.
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