Patent ID: 7749450
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: B01L

Abstract:
1. A fluid handling apparatus comprising an apparatus body and a plurality of fluid handling subassemblies arranged on the apparatus body, each of the fluid handling subassemblies comprising: an injecting section for injecting a fluid; a fluidized section, formed below the injecting section, for receiving the fluid from the injecting section to allow the fluid to continuously flow downwards; a fluid housing chamber, formed so as to be surrounded by the fluidized section, for receiving the fluid from the fluidized section; a wall portion formed so as to extend in substantially vertical directions between the fluid housing chamber and the fluidized section; an opening, formed in the wall portion so as to extend in substantially vertical directions, for allowing the fluid in the fluidized section to enter the fluid housing chamber, the level of the bottom end of the opening is substantially equal to the level of the bottom of the fluidized section; and a surface-area increasing means, arranged in the fluidized section, for increasing an area of a contact surface with the fluid in the fluidized section.