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US 8,673,246 B2Granted
Process for contacting one or more fluids and a reactor relating thereto
AssigneeUop LLC
InventorsPengfei Chen, Zhanping Xu
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Abstract
One exemplary embodiment can be a process for contacting one or more fluids in a vessel. The process may include passing one or more fluids into a chamber from an overhead tray and providing a conduit outside the chamber coupling a respective spillway to a respective hole for increasing contact time inside the conduit. Typically, the chamber forms one or more sidewalls forming at least one hole and the overhead tray forms at least one spillway.
Claims12
A process for contacting one or more fluids in a vessel, comprising:
- A) passing one or more fluids radially inwardly into a chamber from an overhead tray wherein the chamber forms one or more sidewalls, the chamber is below the overhead tray, the sidewalls form at least one hole and the overhead tray forms at least one spillway;
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- B) providing a conduit radially outside the chamber coupling a respective spillway to a respective hole for increasing contact time and area inside the conduit and the chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.