Demister panel
OwnerEddie D. Dukeinventor
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Abstract
Improved liquid-gas contact or demister panels for gas treating equipment, wherein each panel is designed with inlet and outlet sections and is fitted with a shaped flange on one end. A high strength assembly or array of panels is provided by interlocking alignment and fastening apparatus, which includes the shaped flange, along with tabs and slots formed in each panel.
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An array of demister panels for separating liquid droplets from a gas stream, each of said panels having a flanged end and a non-flanged end, said panels characterized by a V shaped cross-section and V-shaped flange means provided on said flanged end of each of said panels for engaging said non-flanged end of an adjacent one of said panels, whereby said flange means stiffens and supports said panels in said array.
In an apparatus for separating liquid droplets from a gas stream having an array of panels arranged to form generally sinusoidal gas flow channels between adjacent panels, each of said panels having a flanged end and an unflanged end, an inlet section connected to a first sloped section which is connected to a second sloped section by a curved section and the second sloped section is connected to an outlet section, and spaced-apart ribs extending outwardly from, and generally perpendicular to, a front surface of each of said panels, such that said ribs of one of said panels form generally rectangular cross-sectional channels between said ribs, the front surface of said one of said panels and a back surface of an adjacent one of said panels, wherein each of said ribs has at least one male tab and at least one female slot designed and located such that said male tab and said female slot of one of said panels fits and interlocks with said male tab and said female slot, respectively, of an adjacent one of said panels, wherein an integral assembly of said panels is formed, the improvement comprising flange means provided on said flanged end of each of said panels for engaging said unflanged end of a linear adjacent one of said panels and stabilizing selected ones of said panels in linear relationship in said array.
In an apparatus for treating a gas stream by passing the stream through an array of contact panels having a generally sinusoidally curved surface extending between a flanged end and an unflanged end and spaced-apart ribs extending outwardly from said curved surface, wherein each of said ribs has at least one male tab and at least one female slot designed and located such that said male tab and said female slot of one of said panels fits and interlocks with the female slot and male tab, respectively, of an adjacent one of said panels, wherein integral assembly of said panels is formed, the improvement comprising a flange provided on said flanged end of each of said panels for engaging said unflanged end of one of said panels and stabilizing selected ones of said panels in linear relationship in said array.
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