Method of separating high condensation point materials from hydrocarbons

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF SEPARATING HIGH CONDENSATION POINT MATERIALS FROM A PREDOMINANTLY HYDROCARBON VAPOR STREAM WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF TANGENTIALLY INTRODUCING SAID VAPORS INTO A FIRST ANNULAR SEPARATING ZONE; PASSING SAID VAPORS AND ANY MATERIAL CONDENSED THEREFROM HELICALLY DOWNWARDLY THEREIN, WHEREBY SAID CONDENSED MATERIAL IS SEPARATED FROM SAID VAPORS BY TIS OWN INERTIA AND GRAVITY; PASSING SAID VAPORS UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY INTO A SECOND SEPARATION ZONE; INJECTING A WATER FOG SPRAY INTO THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID SECOND SEPARATION ZONE AT A RATE SUFFICIENT TO VAPORIZE SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF SAID WATER BY DIRECT HEAT EXCHANGE WITH SAID RISING VAPOR STREAM, THEREBY COOLING SAID VAPOR STREAM BY REMOVING HEAT THEREFROM AS HEAT OF VAPORIZATION OF THE WATER; SEPARATING ZONE; VAPOR MATERIAL IN SAID SECOND SEPARATION ZONE; REMOVING WATER AND STREAM VAPORS FROM THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID SECOND SEPARATION ZONE; ACCUMULATING LIQUID AND OTHER CONDENSED MATERIAL IN A COLLECTION ZONE BELOW SAID SEPARATION ZONES; AND REMOVING SAID LIQUID AND OTHERE CONDENSED MATERIAL FROM SAID COLLECTION ZONE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF SEPARATING HIGH CONDENSATION POINT MATERIALS FROM A PREDOMINANTLY HYDROCARBON VAPOR STREAM WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF TANGENTIALLY INTRODUCING SAID VAPORS INTO A FIRST ANNULAR SEPARATING ZONE; PASSING SAID VAPORS AND ANY MATERIAL CONDENSED THEREFROM HELICALLY DOWNWARDLY THEREIN, WHEREBY SAID CONDENSED MATERIAL IS SEPARATED FROM SAID VAPORS BY TIS OWN INERTIA AND GRAVITY; PASSING SAID VAPORS UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY INTO A SECOND SEPARATION ZONE; INJECTING A WATER FOG SPRAY INTO THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID SECOND SEPARATION ZONE AT A RATE SUFFICIENT TO VAPORIZE SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF SAID WATER BY DIRECT HEAT EXCHANGE WITH SAID RISING VAPOR STREAM, THEREBY COOLING SAID VAPOR STREAM BY REMOVING HEAT THEREFROM AS HEAT OF VAPORIZATION OF THE WATER; SEPARATING ZONE; VAPOR MATERIAL IN SAID SECOND SEPARATION ZONE; REMOVING WATER AND STREAM VAPORS FROM THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID SECOND SEPARATION ZONE; ACCUMULATING LIQUID AND OTHER CONDENSED MATERIAL IN A COLLECTION ZONE BELOW SAID SEPARATION ZONES; AND REMOVING SAID LIQUID AND OTHERE CONDENSED MATERIAL FROM SAID COLLECTION ZONE.