Gas and liquid contact apparatus – Contact devices – Wet baffle
Patent
1990-12-11
1992-04-07
Miles, Tim
Gas and liquid contact apparatus
Contact devices
Wet baffle
B01F 304
Patent
active
051025833
ABSTRACT:
In an apparatus for contacting gas and liquid comprising a substantially vertical column containing a number of substantially horizontal contacting trays in which each tray is provided with passages for gas and liquid, which apparatus further comprises a controller indicating the density of the mixture of gas and liquid at at least one contacting tray which controller communicates with means to control the flow of liquid from a lower contacting tray ("control tray"), upwards-flowing gas from the lowermost contacting tray and downwards-flowing liquid from an upper contacting tray are contacted, the improvement comprising that the density of the mixture of upwards-flowing gas and downwards-flowing liquid at least one contacting tray is monitored and said density is maintained at a desired level by controlling the flow of liquid from the control tray.
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Miles Tim
Shell Oil Company
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