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Apparatus for creating gas-liquid interfacial contact conditions for highly efficient mass transfer between gas and liquid includes a gas-liquid contactor assembly including a hollow porous tube surrounded by an outer jacket defining a gas plenum between the jacket and the porous tube; a liquid feed

Apparatus for creating gas-liquid interfacial contact conditions for highly efficient mass transfer between gas and liquid includes a gas-liquid contactor assembly including a hollow porous tube surrounded by an outer jacket defining a gas plenum between the jacket and the porous tube; a liquid feed assembly including a nozzle for injecting liquid into the porous tube in a spiraling flow pattern around and along the porous tube; a gas-liquid separator assembly at the first end of the porous tube including a nonporous degassing tube coaxially aligned with and connected to the porous tube, a gas outlet port coaxially aligned with the degassing tube to receive a first portion of gas flowing from the degassing tube, a first gas duct coaxially aligned with and connected to the gas outlet duct to convey the first portion of gas therefrom; and a liquid collection assembly. A second gas discharge assembly to collect and convey gas from the first end of the porous tube is also disclosed.

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[ We claim:] [1.] Apparatus for creating gas-liquid interfacial contact conditions for efficient mass transfer, comprisinga gas-liquid contactor assembly with a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis, including at least one coaxially aligned cylindrical porous tube with a first end and a

[ We claim:] [1.] Apparatus for creating gas-liquid interfacial contact conditions for efficient mass transfer, comprisinga gas-liquid contactor assembly with a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis, including at least one coaxially aligned cylindrical porous tube with a first end and a second end, a longitudinal axis, an outer surface and an inner surface, and a hollow interior, said at least one porous tube being penetrated by a multiplicity of pores extending from said outer surface to said inner surface, each of said pores providing a passageway for the flow of gas therethrough to said interior of said at least one porous tube, and further including at least one nonporous outer jacket disposed concentric with said at least one porous tube and interconnected thereto so as to form at least one closed gas plenum, said at least one outer jacket having at least one gas inlet port disposed therein for introduction of gas to said at least one closed gas plenum formed thereby;liquid feeding means for feeding liquid to the interior of said at least one porous tube at said first end of said gas-liquid contactor assembly in a spiral flow pattern around and along said inner surface of said at least one porous tube from said first end to said second end of said gas-liquid contactor assembly; anda gas-liquid separator assembly including a nonporous cylindrical degassing tube, having a first end of the same inside diameter as said second end of said at least one porous tube at said second end of said gas-liquid contactor assembly, and a second end, disposed in coaxial alignment with said gas-liquid contactor assembly with said first end of said degassing tube connected to said second end of said porous tube at said second end of said gas-liquid contactor assembly so as to provide an uninterrupted flow path from said porous tube to and through said degassing tube, and including a gas outlet port with a first end and a second end, disposed in coaxial alignment with said gas-liquid contactor assembly and said degassing tube so as to provide a flow path for gas from said degassing tube into said gas outlet port.