Patent ID: 9504985
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B01J,C01B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for producing chlorine dioxide, said apparatus comprising: (1) a chemical reactor having: (2) an internal fluid flow tube having a fluid impervious upper section and a fluid porous lower section, said tube serving to: (a) receive a first chemical precursor, (b) transport that first chemical precursor through the fluid impervious upper section of the internal fluid flow tube and (c) deliver the first chemical precursor into the porous lower section of said internal fluid flow tube whereupon said first chemical precursor is forced through a porous wall region of the porous lower section and into the lower distribution and reaction zone; and (3) a fluid flow device that conducts a portion of a fluid passing through said device into and out of the exit port of the chemical reactor in a manner such that any chlorine dioxide gas produced in the lower distribution and reaction zone is dissolved into said portion of the fluid that enters and leaves the lower distribution and reaction zone.