	US 12,274,991 B2
	Reactor arrangement comprising a means for rotating and/or oscillating a transformation device and a method of using such reactor arrangement
Emil Byström, Tavelsjö (SE); Erik Löfgren, Umeå (SE); and Alexander Berggren, Umeå (SE)
Assigned to Spinchem AB, Umeå (SE)
Appl. No. 17/753,857
Filed by Spinchem AB, Umeå (SE)
PCT Filed Aug. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/073720 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 16, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/052724, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1951055-1 (SE), filed on Sep. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0331759 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B01F 27/94 (2022.01); B01F 27/81 (2022.01); B01F 31/44 (2022.01); B01J 8/10 (2006.01); B01J 19/18 (2006.01); B01J 19/28 (2006.01); C02F 1/28 (2023.01); C02F 1/68 (2023.01); C02F 3/00 (2023.01); C12M 3/04 (2006.01); G21F 9/12 (2006.01); G21F 9/18 (2006.01); B01F 101/00 (2022.01); B01F 101/44 (2022.01)

CPC B01F 27/941 (2022.01) [B01F 27/81 (2022.01); B01F 31/449 (2022.01); B01J 8/10 (2013.01); B01J 19/1806 (2013.01); B01J 19/28 (2013.01); C02F 1/28 (2013.01); C02F 1/688 (2013.01); C02F 3/00 (2013.01); C12M 27/10 (2013.01); G21F 9/12 (2013.01); G21F 9/18 (2013.01); B01F 2101/2204 (2022.01); B01F 2101/305 (2022.01); B01F 2101/44 (2022.01); B01J 2208/00867 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00876 (2013.01); C02F 2201/002 (2013.01)]

13 Claims

1. A reactor arrangement for performing, by means of at least one solid reaction member(s), a biological or chemical transformation, or physical or chemical trapping from, or release of agents to, a fluidic media in a continuous process, wherein said reactor arrangement comprises at least one reactor, wherein

said at least one reactor comprises a cylindrical reaction vessel within which at least one transformation device has been mounted for rotation and/or oscillation within the reaction vessel, said cylindrical reaction vessel comprising a bottom wall and a cylindrical side wall extending from the bottom wall; and

wherein said transformation device comprises:

a flow distributor having an essentially cylindrical shape configured to contain solid reaction members, a first essentially flat surface, a second essentially flat surface, and a peripheral wall having an essentially circular cross-section, at least one fluid medium inlet located in vicinity of the centre of said first and/or second surface, said inlet being adapted for receiving fluid medium and adapted for receiving initially suspended solid reaction members, at least one fluid medium outlet permeable for said fluid medium but impermeable for solid reaction members held within the peripheral wall, said outlet(s) being located on said peripheral wall, a driving shaft located on said first surface for enabling rotation or oscillation of the flow distributor, and at least one confinement wherein said solid reaction member(s) can be trapped and said transformation is performed; and

a means for rotating and/or oscillating the transformation device within the reaction vessel; and

wherein the said cylindrical reaction vessel comprises:

at least one inlet port arranged in the vicinity of the bottom wall and at least one outlet port arranged in the vicinity of an upper end portion of the cylindrical reaction vessel,

and wherein

each of the at least one inlet port is connected to a fluid supply member configured to be submerged below the fluid surface level in a pool or a pond, said fluid supply member having at least one inlet opening configured to continuously supply a fluid from the pool or the pond to the cylindrical reaction vessel via said at least one inlet port, and

each of the at least one outlet port is configured to continuously let out the fluid from the vessel to the pool or the pond via the at least one outlet port.