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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1985
Robert J Fiocco, Summit, NJ (US);
Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention comprises a reciprocating plate extractor column having a coalescence media located at least in the zone within the column where emulsions are likely to be formed. Preferably, the coalescence media is one which will be wetted by the dispersed phase under conditions of use. More preferably, however, the coalescence media will be a combination of two materials, one of which is wetted by the dispersed phase and one of which is wetted by the continuous phase. Also, in one embodiment of the present invention, anti-bypass means are included to direct the flow of fluid from the coalescence media toward the zone containing the reciprocating plates.