US 11,898,134 B2
Reactor having dynamic sparger
Mayur Sathe, Skokie, IL (US); Joss Anton Coombes, Chicago, IL (US); Robert John Conrado, Washington, DC (US); and Gregory Joseph Morin, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to LanzaTech, Inc., Skokie, IL (US)
Filed by LanzaTech, Inc., Skokie, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/051,295.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/263,507, filed on Nov. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0132594 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. C12M 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC C12M 29/06 (2013.01) [C12M 27/20 (2013.01); C12M 27/22 (2013.01); C12M 23/40 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reactor and sparger system for injecting bubbles into a liquid comprising:
a reactor;
a support plate;
a plurality of annular shrouds engaged with the support plate; and
a plurality of spargers positioned within the annular shrouds to define a gap between an interior surface of the annular shroud and an exterior surface of the corresponding sparger:
a plurality of headers engaged with the plurality of spargers wherein the plurality of spargers are configured to receive a gas supply from the plurality of headers and the plurality of headers further comprise at least one baffle to disperse a fluid comprising the liquid and the bubbles; and
wherein the support plate, the annular shrouds, and the spargers are positioned within the interior of the reactor.