Patent ID: 6126723
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: B01B,B01D,B01F,B01J,C01B,F01K,F02C,F02G,F25B,F28D,F28F,G01N,H01L,Y02C,Y02P,Y02T

Abstract:
A porous contactor assembly for mass transfer of a working compound from a first medium to a second medium, comprising:(a) a porous contactor having a thickness, and further having a plurality of pores extending through the thickness, said pores of a geometry capable of cooperating with a boundary tension of one or the other or both of said first medium and said second medium to prevent migration of the one, the other or the both through said porous contactor and permitting passage of said working compound through said plurality of pores, said porous contactor placed between(b) a first laminate defining a first microplenum between said porous contactor and said first laminate for receiving said first medium, said microplenum having a depth less than a mass transfer boundary layer of said first medium; and(c) a cover sheet defining a second plenum between said porous contactor and said cover sheet for receiving said second medium.