Patent ID: 9630154
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B01D,B01F

Claim:
1. Apparatus for contacting a gas and a liquid, comprising: a housing; a liquid supply in communication with the housing; at least two inclined plates, disposed in the housing, arranged in series and, on a liquid side, in fluid communication with the liquid supply; and a gas supply that is in fluid communication with a space at the other, gas side of the plates; wherein at least some of the plates are provided with gas passage openings, which openings are arranged downstream of the gas supply and are provided with projecting channels with downstream directed flow openings on the liquid side that is in contact with the liquid, wherein the plates are configured such that liquid flows from one plate directly onto a downstream plate via a slit-formed passage in a substantially vertical downwards direction, wherein the such inclined plates are arranged one above the other in a zigzag fashion, and wherein the slit-formed passage is formed by a curved surface on at least the downstream plate that overlaps a corresponding upstream plate.