MXPA96002423A - Provision for preparing gases containing carb bioxide - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for treating gases containing carbon dioxide by means of a fluid containing algae, comprising a first elongated pipe having a rectangular section and an upper surface and a bottom surface for containing said gases and said fluid comprising algae, a second elongate pipe that trips against the first elongated pipe having a rectangular section with an upper surface and a bottom surface, the first bottom has ribs extending from the bottom surface to the upper surface to form a plurality of channels to isolate the first elongated pipeline where the channels of said second elongated pipeline are constructed to be evacuated to create vacuum in the same pipes.

Description

"DISPOSAL FOR PREPARING GASES CONTAINING CARBON BIOXIDE" The invention relates to an arrangement according to the main concept expressed in the first claim. Such a provision is known from the German report DE 36 07 864 Al. This form contains the indication that as a source of light energy it can be used, either diffused sunlight or some comparable light. The type of the configuration of the reactor vessel or the form of the introduction of the light into said vessel is not expressly claimed in said memory. In any case, the expert of the drawing presented in this specification can obtain the instruction on the installation inside the reactor of an electric lighting system since a corresponding symbol has been introduced into the reactor vessel. In an introduction of light controlled in this way, the operational behavior of the entire arrangement can be adapted exactly to the amount of waste gas introduced into the fluid. However, the known arrangement has the disadvantage that it requires a lot of space that must be made available in the form of a proper room to carry out the process. Furthermore, it is known in practice to configure a reaction vessel by means of the system according to which transparent tubular lines are applied. The laying of the tubular lines is carried out in the manner of streamers or in meanders and requires a plurality of different supporting elements, so that a considerable expense for assembly has an unfavorable effect on the overall costs for such an installation. .

The purpose of the present invention is to improve an arrangement corresponding to the degree to which it can be structured with good space saving, thanks to which a fast and uncomplicated laying of the tubular line system is guaranteed. This task, which forms the basis of the present invention, is solved by the configuration described in the characterizing part of the first claim. In other words, the invention proposes to make the system of the tubular lines more tense, at least in some sections, to form a flat element. The access of the light should be possible in this case at least from one side, towards the algae, in order to ensure optimum operating conditions for the algae. The use of a flat element makes it possible, on the one hand, to optimize the use of space, since the fluid can be distributed over the entire surface of this flat element, while in the case of laying in the form of streamers or meanders, of the tubular lines, the surface coverage compared to such a closed flat element is more unfavorable. Likewise, a considerably faster and easier laying of the tubular line system is achieved, since the sections, which are configured as a flat element, can be secured with support foci, so that the number of fasteners applied is drastically reduced . In comparison, with a bidi-insional reactor vessel, with its "pot" type configuration, that is, frustoconical vessel, the reactor vessel, which is essentially realized in two dimensions and executed as a flat element, does not require any significant installation space in practice, any time that the reactor vessel configured as a flat element can be applied against walls, next to the roads, as they are used in company grounds or in company buildings or similar, that is, basically without requiring a space of their own. As an advantageous measure, it can be provided to provide the flat element with a thermally insulating layer in this way the conditions of use for the algae can be leveled or standardized so that the effective degree of the equipment does not fluctuate to such a high degree as occurs in the external weather conditions. In this way, the use of outdoor reactor vessels is facilitated or made possible in general terms, for the first time, in accordance with regional climatological conditions. The thermal insulation makes uniform the temperature that prevails in the fluid, so that also in the case of different outside temperatures, the efficiency of the whole set will be extremely uniform, being able to achieve work results, impeccable and sufficient. Advantageously, the measure of configuring the planar element in three layers or rows can be provided in such a way that an insulation of a middle layer that conducts the fluid, in comparison with the other two outer layers, will be possible. In this way, another leveling can be created in the working conditions, for the algae. The embodiment as a flat element makes it possible to use it as an insulating plate in buildings, so that a space-saving system that no longer requires larger surfaces is created, for laying these sections of the tubular line system. Advantageously, the flat element can be configured as a bridge plate. This configuration, known per se from the flat elements, makes it possible to manufacture at a favorable price and, thanks to the presence of a plurality of bridges present in a flat element, a high pressure resistance of the entire flat element is achieved in such a way that the thermally insulating layers can be evacuated by the arrangement of a subatmospheric pressure, thanks to which optimum insulation conditions can be achieved. Advantageously, a transparent or translucent material can be used for the bridge plate. In this way, the entire flat element will be transparent to light so that it can be applied, for example, in factories instead of windows. They often, in themselves, are made in a non-transparent manner, but translucent, so that by using the proposed flat elements are not caused worse visibility conditions within the industrial buildings. Therefore, additional placement sites for the tubular line system are left over, so that the dangers related to damages caused to the tubular line system can be excluded, as can arise, for example, in some factory site where they can be carried. out certain works of displacement of materials or similar. By means of a configuration of the flat element from the same material, the flat element can be manufactured at a favorable price, and it can be extruded, for example, in the form of a bridge plate so that a uniform, transparent or translucent configuration can give origin to a flat element of more favorable price than in the case of a configuration that carries a light-blocking or light-passing side, corresponding to the flat element. The use of polycarbonate as a material here allows a construction of flat element, resistant to wear and very low weight. Advantageously, the insulating effect of the thermally insulating layers can be achieved by some vacuum applied respectively through a subatmospheric pressure introduced. In this case, on the one hand, a very low energy consumption is achieved, since only the established vacuum needs to be maintained so that subatmospheric pressure pumps only need to be operated intermittently, and at the same time an outstanding insulating effect is achieved in the evacuated layers, so that a considerable increase in efficiency can be achieved during the operation of the algae. In particular, this efficiency can be maintained by continuous maintenance of the vacuum since certain leaks, for example, due to diffusion, do not lead to a dragging worsening of the insulating action but are compensated again and again by the pressure pumps subatmospheric, connected. Finally, it can be said that such applied subatmospheric pressure allows the fast and efficient recognition of leaks since the liquid exiting the fluid conducting channels is transported with the aid of subatmospheric pressure pumps through the evacuated layers. An exemplary embodiment of a flat element as may be provided in an arrangement according to the invention, is explained in greater detail in the following text, with reference being made to the drawing. In the same, with the number 1 is identified, in general terms, a flat element that is configured as a bridge plate three layers. The flat element 1 has a middle layer two which, due to the presence of the bridges, consists of a plurality of different individual channels 3. In this middle layer, the algae is pumped into a fluid, passing through the channels 3. In view of the fact that all the flat element 1 consists of a transparent material, for example of polycarbonate, with a corresponding placement of element 1, the algae are exposed to the light of day to make possible the conversion of the carbon dioxide contained in the fluid, in oxygen . Two outer layers 4, also consist of several channels. These outer layers 4 can be evacuated in a way that they contain thermally insulating properties, thus protecting the algae within the middle layer two in comparison with the temperatures of the environment. Under corresponding conditions of the temperature, where appropriate, it is possible to dispense with the evacuation, so that the entire arrangement can be operated at a very favorable price, taking advantage of the flat element 1. It is true that the illustrated flat element 1 can be placed in one place separated, for example, at an optimum angle for the incidence of solar rays. However, the planar element 1 can also be used as a planar element that falls within the construction technique, for example for coating light wells or windows, in which case due to the two evacuatable outer layers 4, the planar element 1 has an outstanding insulating action and can contribute to a form of construction with particular energy savings, for example, in enclosures that have air or artificial climate or heated premises. Also in the case of a configuration that does not let the light pass completely, of the flat element 1, such a flat element 1 can be placed directly in a building so that the insulating properties of the flat element 1 cause an insulation of the construction element to improve so the energy balance in order to operate this building. Particularly, in buildings dedicated to the production, many times, due to the presence of residual gases or vapors - or similar, an excess of energy is available that can be used to operate the pumps of subatmospheric pressure and thus will have the possibility of evacuate the two insulating layers 4. The insulating effect of the embodiment described, consisting of three layers, can also be achieved by combining a plate consisting of a layer or two layers, with additional layers of insulation, for example, by the arrangement of a plate that has only one layer or two layers behind already present windows, or, because of the separate, non-interconnected arrangement of flat elements of a single layer, such as single-layer bridge plates.

Claims (8)

1 ° CLAIMS 1. A provision for the production of gases containing carbon dioxide by means of a fluid containing algae, with the use of a reactor vessel that can be illuminated, in which light energy is introduced to the algae , characterized in that the reactor vessel is configured as a flat element, this flat element being configured on at least one of its two surfaces with the property of allowing the light to pass through.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that the flat element is formed in two or more layers, in which a layer is mounted that conducts the fluid in addition to a thermally insulating layer.

3. The arrangement according to claim 2, characterized in that the flat element is formed on the basis of three layers, in which the fluid is conveyed by a middle layer and on both sides of this fluid-conducting layer is mounted in each case a thermally insulating.

The arrangement according to any of the previous claims, characterized by a flat element configured as a bridge plate, in which are located medium channels that serve to receive the fluid as well as exterior spaces that are located on both sides of the middle channels.

The arrangement according to claim 4, characterized in that the bridge plate is configured as a bridge plate based on three layers.

The arrangement according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the flat element generally consists of transparent material or translucent material.

The arrangement according to claim 6, characterized in that the flat element consists of polycarbonate.

8. The arrangement according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that for the thermal insulation, non-filled layers are mounted inside the flat element as well as a vacuum pump that serves to evacuate these empty layers.