Patent ID: 9102886
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: C10L

Abstract:
1. A vessel for mixing a fluid with a reagent as the fluid flows through the vessel, the vessel comprising: a vessel wall having an outer surface and an inner surface spaced apart from the outer surface, the vessel wall configured to enclose an interior volume; a first end positioned a first height above a reference plane; a second end spaced apart from the first end, the second end being positioned a second height above the reference plane, and at a different height from the first height; an axis that extends from the first end to the second end, the axis being configured to intersect and form an angle with a reference plane, wherein the angle is between two degrees and 20 degrees; a fluid inlet proximate the first end through which the fluid enters the interior volume; a fluid outlet proximate the second end through which the fluid exits the interior volume; a port through which the reagent enters the interior volume; at least one packing material positioned within the interior volume between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, the packing material configured to randomly distribute the fluid and the reagent as the fluid flows through the vessel from the fluid inlet towards the fluid outlet.