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Apparatus for mass transfer of gas and liquid flowing through passages therein has a vertical enclosure formed in a pair of sheet metal plates sealed together around their periphery and formed to have rows of horizontal passages communicating with columns of vertical passages in and adjacent to a ve

Apparatus for mass transfer of gas and liquid flowing through passages therein has a vertical enclosure formed in a pair of sheet metal plates sealed together around their periphery and formed to have rows of horizontal passages communicating with columns of vertical passages in and adjacent to a vertical plane defined by flat contiguous areas of the plates between and around the passages. The inner surfaces of the passages have highly wettable areas to substantially maximize transfer of mass and heat. Each horizontal passage is continuous between the vertical passages with which it communicates. In the main portion of the apparatus, the axis of each vertical passage between one horizontal passage and the next lower one passes through the middle of a flat contiguous area between that next lower horizontal passage and the following still lower one and midway between the axes of the two vertical passages on each side of that flat area, so that fluid in the vertical passages divides approximately equally in its vertical flow between each horizontal passage and the next. Vertical passages connecting alternate ends of successive horizontal passages may be added, to provide also a serpentine path for fluid therein. Openings are provided to receive and expel, respectively, fluids that are to be, or have been, absorbed or desorbed. A plurality of the apparatuses may be placed in another enclosure for transfer of heat between them and a fluid flowing through the enclosure or for mass transfer with such fluid.

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Apparatus for fluid-liquid contact of fluid and liquid flowing through passages in the apparatus, comprising an enclosure formed in a pair of substantially vertically positioned highly heat conductive plates sealed together at least substantially around their periphery and formed to have rows of ver

Apparatus for fluid-liquid contact of fluid and liquid flowing through passages in the apparatus, comprising an enclosure formed in a pair of substantially vertically positioned highly heat conductive plates sealed together at least substantially around their periphery and formed to have rows of vertically spaced apart substantially horizontal passages communicating with columns of horizontally spaced apart substantially vertical passages in and adjacent to a substantially vertical plane defined by the plates and by substantially flat contiguous areas therein between and around the passages; the inner surfaces of the passages comprising highly wettable areas to substantially maximize transfer of mass and heat; each substantially horizontal passage being substantially continuous between the substantially vertical passages with which it communicates; in the portion of the apparatus spaced sufficiently from its periphery that such arrangement is attainable, the axis of each substantially vertical passage between one substantially horizontal passage and the next lower substantially horizontal passage being substantially coincident with a vertical line substantially in the middle of a substantially flat contiguous area between said next lower substantially horizontal passage and the following still lower horizontal passage, and substantially coincident with a vertical line substantially midway between the axes of the two substantially vertical passages on each side of said substantially flat contiguous area; in such manner that fluid in the substantially vertical passages divides approximately equally in its vertical flow between each substantially horizontal passage and the next; a first opening in the upper or lower portion of the apparatus for communication of a first fluid between the enclosure and another entity; said first fluid communicating within the enclosure horizontally via the substantially horizontal passages, and vertically via the substantially vertical passages, as diverted between successive levels in the substantially vertical passages by the substantially flat contiguous areas therebetween, with lower or higher substantially horizontal passages; a second opening in the opposite portion of the apparatus from the portion the first opening is in, for communication of a second fluid between the enclosure and another entity; said second fluid communicating within the enclosure horizontally via the substantially horizontal passages, and vertically via the substantially vertical passages, as diverted between successive levels in the substantially vertical passages by the substantially flat contiguous areas therebetween, with lower or higher substantially horizontal passages; a third opening in a portion of the apparatus at or near the second opening for communication of a third fluid between the enclosure and another entity; said third fluid communicating within the enclosure horizontally via the substantially horizontal passages, and optionally vertically via the substantially vertical passages, as diverted between successive levels in the substantially vertical passages by the substantially flat contiguous areas therebetween, with lower or higher substantially horizontal passages.