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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2016
P. Scott Northrop, Spring, TX (US);
Stephanie A. Freeman, Houston, TX (US);
J. Tim Cullinane, Montgomery, TX (US);
Edward J. Grave, Montgomery, TX (US);
Norman K. Yeh, Houston, TX (US);
P. Scott Northrop, Spring, TX (US);
Stephanie A. Freeman, Houston, TX (US);
J. Tim Cullinane, Montgomery, TX (US);
Edward J. Grave, Montgomery, TX (US);
Norman K. Yeh, Houston, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A co-current contactor for separating components in a fluid stream, the co-current contactor comprising a first inlet configured to receive the fluid stream proximate to a first end of the co-current contactor, a second inlet configured to receive a solvent proximate the first end of the co-current contactor, and a mass transfer section configured to receive the fluid stream and the solvent and to provide a mixed, two-phase flow, wherein the mass transfer section comprises a surface feature along an inner surface of the mass transfer section configured to reduce film flow along an inner wall of the mass transfer section, and wherein the surface feature comprises at least one of a hydrophobic surface, a superhydrophobic surface, a porous wall surface, and a nonlinear surface irregularity extending radially inward or radially outward along the inner surface of the mass transfer section.