Patent ID: 8641793
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: B01D,B03C

Abstract:
1. A separation system comprising: a separation chamber comprising a housing that defines one or more exit ports; an impeller stack positioned within the housing, the impeller stack comprising a plurality of appendages that project laterally outwardly; a diffusing impeller that is configured to rotate within the separation chamber, wherein the diffusing impeller defines one or more entrance ports into the separation chamber; and a gasification unit that is configured to break down a hydrocarbon feedstock into its constituent components, wherein the gasification unit is configured to provide a working fluid to the separation chamber, wherein, when a working fluid is received within the separation chamber and the impeller stack rotates, a plurality of independent forces generated by the separation system are brought to bear upon the constituent components of the working fluid so as to separate the constituent components from each other such that separated components can be removed via one or more of the exit ports of the housing, and wherein an exit port of the separation chamber is positioned so as to permit primarily hydrogen to be removed from the housing therethrough.