Feed device for gas-and-liquid contact tower

• US 3,217,469 A
• Filed: 03/21/1963
• Issued: 11/16/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John S. Eckert
• Original Assignee: John S. Eckert
• Inventors: Eckert, John S.
• Application Number:
  US04/266,923
• Time in Patent Office: 971 Days
• US Class Current: 96/211
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 3/008 Liquid distribution
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 3/20 Bubble caps; Risers for vapour; Discharge pipes for liquid
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 3/32 Other features of fractionating columns ; Constructional details of fractionating columns not provided for in groups B01D3/16 - B01D3/30
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 47/00 Separating dispersed particles from gases, air or vapours by liquid as separating agent B01D45/10 takes precedence; fractionating columns or parts thereof B01D3/16
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 19/305 Supporting elements therefor, e.g. grids, perforated plates

Claims

1. A FEED SEPARATOR FOR A GAS-AND-LIQUID CONTACT TOWER WHICH INCLUDES A PAN WHICH HAS AN ESSENTIALLY IMPERFORATE, SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL, CYLINDRICAL WALL, THE PAN BEING OPEN AT THE TOP AND HAVING A DRAIN IN THE BOTTOM FOR DRAINING LIQUID THEREFROM, THE DRAIN BEING SMALL ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE ENTRANCE OF ANY SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF GAS, AND A FEED INLET WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY TANGENTIAL TO THE WALL FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF A GAS AND LIQUID MIXTURE WHICH IS THEREBY DIRECTED INTO CONTACT WITH THE WALL, WITH SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL BAFFLES ON THE INNER SURFACE OF THE WALL AND PROJECTING INWARDLY THEREFROM AT THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE FEED INLET TO CONVERT THE VELOCITY ENERGY OF THE FEED TO TURBULENCE.