Patent ID: 11912944
Assignee: ALTERNATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES SULFEX CORP.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 16:
17. A reaction column comprising:
a plurality of cells, each cell comprising a lower cell portion and an upper cell portion, the plurality of cells defining at least an uppermost cell and a lowermost cell, the upper cell portion of the lowermost cell having an outlet having fluid directable into an inlet of the lower cell portion of the uppermost cell, and with the lower cell portion of the uppermost cell having a reagent overflow that is coupled to an inlet of the upper cell portion of the lowermost cell;
a fuel inlet is in fluid communication with the lower cell portion of the lowermost cell with a fuel outlet in communication with the upper cell portion of the uppermost cell;
a reagent inlet is in fluid communication with the upper cell portion of the uppermost cell and a reagent outlet is in fluid communication with the lower cell portion of the lowermost cell;
wherein, the fuel inlet is configured to direct fluid through the reaction column from the lower cell portion of the lowermost cell to the upper cell portion of the uppermost cell, and out of the fuel outlet,
while the reagent inlet is configured to direct reagent through the reaction column from the upper cell portion of the uppermost cell to the lower cell portion of the lowermost cell;
wherein the lower cell portion of the uppermost cell and the lowermost cell includes an intermixing member structurally configured to intermix the reagent that is proceeding from the uppermost cell to the lowermost cell with fuel that is proceeding from the lowermost cell to the uppermost cell; and
wherein the intermixing member comprises a shear plate positioned in a recirculation loop that communicates with the upper cell portion and the lower cell portion of adjacent cells.