Column for contacting gas and liquid
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorsAnton Matthijs Danckaarts, Enno Frank Wijn
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Abstract
In a column for contacting upwardly flowing gas with downwardly flowing liquid, a horizontal tray includes a plate provided with a tubular gas/liquid contact device. The tubular gas/liquid contact device includes a contact section located below the plate, a separation section located above the contact section, and an outlet section located above the separation section and above the plate. The contact section is closed at its bottom, the wall of the contact section is provided with a plurality of tangential gas inlets and a liquid delivery tube opens into the lower end of the contact section. The outlet section has a gas permeable wall provided with a coalescer and the top of the outlet section is provided with a cover.
Claims7
A column for contacting upwardly flowing gas with downwardly flowing liquid, wherein said column comprises a horizontal tray comprising a plate provided with a tubular gas/liquid contact device, wherein said tubular gas/liquid contact device comprises a contact section located below said plate, a separation section located above said contact section, and an outlet section located above said separation section and above said plate, wherein said contact section is closed at its bottom, wherein the wall of said contact section is provided with a plurality of tangential gas inlets, wherein a liquid delivery tube opens into the lower end of said contact section, wherein said outlet section comprises a gas permeable wall provided with coalescer means, wherein the top of said outlet section is provided with a cover and wherein said liquid delivery tube is a downcomer tube extending downwards through said cover and said tubular gas/liquid contact device.
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