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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2006
Cornelis Antonie Tjeenk Willink, The Hague, NL;
Marco Betting, The Hague, NL;
Jeroen Geldorp, The Hague, NL;
Bart Prast, The Hague, NL;
Cornelis Antonie Tjeenk Willink, The Hague, NL;
Marco Betting, The Hague, NL;
Jeroen Geldorp, The Hague, NL;
Bart Prast, The Hague, NL;
Twister B.V., Rijswijk, NL;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for enhancing condensation and separation in a fluid separator, wherein: —a fluid mixture is accelerated to a transonic or supersonic velocity in a throat section of a flow channel and thereby expanded and cooled such that at least some initially gaseous components become supersaturated and condense; —at least some condensed components are removed from the fluid mixture in the flow channel at a location downstream of the throat section; and —condensation of at least some supersaturated components is enhanced by illuminating the fluid mixture flowing through the flow channel by a radiation source (), such as an Ultraviolet (UV) light source which excites and/or ionizes and induces mercury, water, aromatic hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide and/or other components to condense thereby forming condensation nuclei for other supersaturated fluid components.