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Apparatus for use in the rectification of liquid mixtures (separation of liquid mixtures into their constituents) and other processes requiring equilibration of liquid and gaseous phases in which mechanical energy is used to create and repeatedly regenerate free flying liquid structures that facilit

Apparatus for use in the rectification of liquid mixtures (separation of liquid mixtures into their constituents) and other processes requiring equilibration of liquid and gaseous phases in which mechanical energy is used to create and repeatedly regenerate free flying liquid structures that facilitate the intimate interaction and equilibration of said phases beyond standard practice and thereby allow smaller, more compact, more efficient, and more accessible apparatus and make practical lower operating temperatures and the use of inert carrier gases and otherwise increase the engineering options available to designers of rectification equipment and other equipment requiring liquid/vapor equilibration.

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[ It is claimed:] [1.] A rotating contacting device for producing interaction between liquid and vapor phases introduced into said device comprising:a housing including openings therein for introducing liquid phase and vapor phases into said housing and for removing said phases;rotatable means with

[ It is claimed:] [1.] A rotating contacting device for producing interaction between liquid and vapor phases introduced into said device comprising:a housing including openings therein for introducing liquid phase and vapor phases into said housing and for removing said phases;rotatable means with an axis of rotation within said housing including a remixing section for the interaction of said liquid and vapor phases;said rotatable means having a hub for intercepting said liquid phase introduced into said housing and for producing an axial and circumferential distribution of drops of said liquid phase in centrifugally induced radial outward flow from said hub; andsaid remixing section including liquid flow remixing means with a plurality of overlapping obstructions and openings providing staggered partial barriers disposed axially, circumferentially and radially surrounding said hub on said rotatable means to interrupt repeatedly the otherwise free flight of said liquid phase and to provide rain-like radial flow of new liquid drops with refreshed surfaces throughout said remixing section;said re-mixing section defining paths for vapor phase passage through said housing wherein said vapor phase paths include multiple intersections with the radial flow of free flying liquid phase drops within said housing for enhanced interaction between said phases.