Methods of and means for dehydrating and processing streams

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF SEPARATING LIQUIDS FROM A GAS STREAM WITHIN A SINGLE VESSEL STRUCTURE HAVING A DESICCANT PACK ZONE AT EACH END THEREOF WITH EACH DESICCANT PACK ZONE HAVING A DESICCANT PACK THEREIN, SAID STRUCTURE ALSO HAVING A SEPARATING ZONE BETWEEN SAID DESICCANT PACK ZONES AND IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION THEREWITH, SAID METHOD INCLUDING, CONDUCTING A MAIN GAS STREAM INTO THE SEPARATING ZONE OF SAID VESSEL AT A POINT BETWEEN THE PACKS, SEPARATING FREE LIQUIDS FROM SAID STREAM WITHIN THE VESSEL STRUCTURE, THEN DRYING THE GAS STREAM BY DIRECTING IT THROUGH ONE OF SAID DESICCANT PACKS, AND SIMULTANEOUSLY THEREWITH FLOWING A HOT REGENERATING GAS STREAM THROUGH THE SECOND DESICCANT PACK TO REGENERATE THE SAME, THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF BOTH GAS STREAMS BEING THE SAME LONGITUDINALLY OF THE VESSEL STRUCTURE.