1. Field
Disclosed herein is a process for producing a solution of a gas in a liquid in which the gas is soluble, the solution having a predetermined concentration up to saturation, and to apparatus therefor.
2. Description of Related Art
Dissolution of a gas in a liquid is generally called absorption and may take place in several known and common ways. The absorption can be performed in a tower, a so-called absorption tower, in which the gas flows in counterflow relation to a circulating liquid. It can also be performed by means of a liquid jet pump, the absorption taking place in the minute droplets formed in the jet of liquid. Several other techniques can also be employed, mostly in counterflow, so that the largest possible contact surface between gas and liquid is provided for the absorption.
Common to the known methods to accomplish absorption and to the existing absorption apparatus is their requirement for more or less continuous manual monitoring. These methods also require a system of components which may be large or complicated. This is undesirable if the process is to form part of a complex process, having regard to its effectiveness, space requirements, safety aspects, operational requirements and economy. It is often necessary to be able to perform the absorption within a wide interval of flow rates and to be able to select the concentration of the solution that is produced. It may also be necessary that the gas be almost completely absorbed by the liquid, so that there will be no need to take care of the sometimes poisonous or environmentally dangerous gas. Moreover, small dimensions may be called for to save space or in view of the materials used.