Gas and liquid contact apparatus – Contact devices – Wet baffle
Patent
1998-10-30
2000-05-30
Bushey, C. Scott
Gas and liquid contact apparatus
Contact devices
Wet baffle
2611145, B01F 304
Patent
active
060682442
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for connecting adjacent tray panel of a fractionation tray within a distillation column tower for the separation between a vapor and liquid is provided. A first interlocking panel has an alignment area with at least one alignment slot toward the center of the panel and at least one alignment aperture located distal from the center of the panel. A second interlocking panel has an alignment tab with a valve perforation on the alignment tab. The alignment tab of the second panel is inserted into the alignment slot of the first panel at an angle. The gravitational force on the panel opposite the alignment tab of the second panel aligns the second panel within the horizontal plane of the first panel such that no bolts are required during assembly. Dispersion valves are inserted into the valve perforation to disperse the vapor and prevent weeping to the tray below and flooding to the tray above. The valve perforation also reduces the dead zone region between the interlocking panels to increase the capacity and efficiency of the fractionation tray and distillation column.
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Burton Larry W.
Tahmassi Fred G.
ATM International, Inc.
Bushey C. Scott
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