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US 10,441,932 B2Granted
Apparatus for vapor-liquid distribution
AssigneeUop LLC
InventorsZhanping Xu, Daniel A. Kauff, Robert J. Sanger, Sathit Kulprathipanja, Emadoddin Abbasi
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for gas-liquid distribution. More specifically, the present invention relates to a gas-liquid distribution device that may be used in an ionic liquid co-current gas and liquid up-flow reactor designed to distribute gas uniformly across the reactor cross section through restriction orifices on distributors located across the distribution tray.
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An apparatus for gas-liquid distribution, comprising:
- a tubular housing;
- a cylindrical riser having an inlet and an outlet which is affixed to the bottom opening of the tubular housing;
- a distribution plate affixed to the inside of the tubular housing;
- and
- a plurality of chimneys affixed to the bottom of the distribution plate wherein each chimney includes a first horizontal opening and a second horizontal opening.
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An apparatus for gas-liquid distribution, comprising:
- a tubular housing;
- a cylindrical riser having one inlet and one outlet which is affixed to the bottom opening of the tubular housing;
- a distribution plate affixed to the inside of the tubular housing;
- and
- at least 4 chimneys affixed to the bottom of the distribution plate in an even distribution wherein each chimney includes a first horizontal opening and a second horizontal opening.
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An apparatus for gas-liquid distribution, comprising:
- a tubular housing, wherein the tubular housing includes a gas space and a liquid space wherein the gas space is located above the liquid space;
- a cylindrical riser having one inlet and one outlet which is affixed to the bottom opening of the tubular housing;
- a distribution plate affixed to the inside of the tubular housing;
- and
- a plurality of chimneys affixed to the bottom of the distribution plate in an even distribution wherein each chimney includes a first circular horizontal opening and a second slotted horizontal opening, wherein the first circular horizontal opening is located in the gas space and the second slotted horizontal opening is located in the liquid space, wherein top half of the chimneys is located in the gas space and bottom half of the chimneys is located in the liquid space.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.