Claims
- 1. A turbomechanical method for separating a gas mixture of different molecular weight components, on the basis of molecular weight of the components of the mixture, comprising the steps of
- introducing the gas mixture into a separation zone, rotatably forcing a plurality of curved-surface blades into the gas mixture in the separation zone to accelerate the gas laterally of the direction of motion of the blades under non-turbulent flow conditions, said acceleration being along the axis of rotation of the blades, and to produce a density gradient in the laterally accelerated gas adjacent the curved surfaces of the blades forced into the gas mixture, and
- separating a higher molecular weight fraction of said laterally accelerated gas immediately adjacent the curved surfaces of said blades to provide higher and lower molecular weight gas fractions by diverting said higher molecular weight gas fraction immediately adjacent the surfaces of said blades to the respective interiors of said blades through smooth, porous zones of said curved blade surfaces.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation in part of copending application Ser. No. 708,939 filed July 27, 1976 and entitled "Method and Apparatus for Gaseous Separation", which is now abandoned in favor hereof and incorporated by reference herein.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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