Gas and liquid contact apparatus – Contact devices – Porous mass
Patent
1998-10-05
2000-07-11
Simmons, David A.
Gas and liquid contact apparatus
Contact devices
Porous mass
261 97, 62171, B01F 304
Patent
active
060860553
ABSTRACT:
A combined liquid/vapor distributor and method of assembly are disclosed together with a method for collection and distribution of a liquid and a vapor in an exchange column. The combined liquid/vapor distributor is an apparatus for distributing a liquid and a vapor to or from a packing in an exchange column. The apparatus includes a distributor and a deck above and adjacent the distributor. The distributor has at least one vapor riser, which has generally parallel spaced apart upright walls and an open top and an open bottom opposite the open top. The distributor also has at least one liquid trough adjacent the vapor riser. The liquid trough has an open top and a floor having at least one aperture. The floor is opposite the open top of the liquid trough and is attached to at least one wall of the adjacent vapor riser. The deck has a top and a bottom and at least one aperture vertically aligned with the open top of the vapor riser and at least one aperture vertically aligned with the open top of the liquid trough. The distributor is mounted on a support grate.
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Armstrong Phillip Andrew
Kovak Kenneth William
Meehan James William
Air Products and Chemicals Inc.
Hopkins Robert A.
Jones II Willard
Simmons David A.
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