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US 6,749,182 B1Granted
Bolted collector for vapor liquid contacting vessel
AssigneePraxair Technology, Inc.
InventorsKirk Fredrick Larson, Brian Kenneth Bodkin
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Abstract
A liquid collector for use in a vapor liquid contacting vessel such as a distillation column having bolted or otherwise fastened components wherein liquid leakage is ameliorated by a collector tray divided into three overlapping levels including a center sump, deck plates and riser hats.
Claims10
A collector for use in a vapor liquid contacting vessel comprising:
- (A) a central sump having side walls defining a sump volume and having an axial length traversing the collector;
- (B) a plurality of spaced deck plates oriented perpendicular to the sump, each deck plate attached to a central sump side wall by fastener means which are positioned over the sump volume;
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- (C) a plurality of riser hats, each riser hat positioned between spaced deck plates and overlapping a deck plate, and each riser hat fastened to a deck plate by fastener means positioned over such deck plate.
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