Gas dehydrator

Claim 1

IN A LIQUID DESICCANT DEHYDRATING SYSTEM FOR NATURAL GAS, AN ABSORBER VESSEL INCLUDING; AN OUTER HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL VESSEL SHELL VERTICALLY EXTENDED, SAID OUTER VESSEL HAVING A VERTICAL CYLINDRICAL SIDEWALL, A TOP WALL, A BOTTOM WALL AND A VERTICAL AXIS; AN INNER HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL SHELL HAVING AN UPPER END, A LOWER END, A VERTICAL CYLINDRICAL WALL, AND A VERTICAL AXIS, SAID INNER SHELL COAXIAL WITH THE OUTER VESSEL SHELL AND EXTENDED WITHIN AND SPACED APART FROM THE VERTICAL WALL OF THE OUTER VESSEL SHELL AND ATTACHED TO THE TOP WALL OF THEOUTER VESSEL SHELL AND DEPENDING DOWNWARDLY IN THE OUTER VESSEL SHELL WITH THE LOWER END OF THE INNER SHELL SPACED APART FROM THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE OUTER VESSEL SHELL, THE LOWER END OPEN TO THE INTERIOR OF THE OUTER VESSEL SHELL, THE INNER SHELL AND OUTER VESSEL SHELL DEFINING AN ANNULUS THEREBETWEEN AT THE UPPER END OF THE INNER SHELL; A FIRST INPUT CONDUIT CONNECTED TO THE TOP OF THE OUTER VESSEL SHELL AND HAVING A DISCHARGE END COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF THE UPPER PORTION OF THE INNER SHELL TO INTRODUCE GAS TO BE DEHYDRATED INTO THE INNER SHELL; A SOURCE OF GAS TO BE DEHYDRATED, THE SOURCE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID FIRST CONDUIT; A SECOND INPUT CONDUIT FOR LIQUID DESICCANT COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF THE UPPER END OF THE INNER SHELL; A SOURCE OF LIQUID DESICCANT, THE SOURCE OF LIQUID DESICCANT COMMUNICATING WITH THE SECOND CONDUIT; A FIRST TRAY MOUNTED IN THE INNER SHELL BELOW THE DISCHARGE END OF THE FIRST INPUT CONDUIT; THE FIRST TRAY COMPRISING A FLAT PLATE HAVING A FLAT SURFACE NORMAL TO THE VERTICAL AXIS OF THE INNER SHELL, A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL AND ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL WIDTH SLOTS THROUGH THE PLATE AND SURFACE AND THE SLOTS EXTENDING ACROSS A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE SURFACE, THE SLOTS DEFINED BY THE EDGES OF A FIRST PLURALITY OF PARALLEL SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL WIDTH WEB PORTIONS, AND A LOUVER ATTACHED TO A CORRESPONDING EDGE OF EACH WEB PORTION AND DEPENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID SURFACE AT A COMMON FIXED ANGLE TO THE SURFACE, THE LOUVERS DISPOSED PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND EQUIDISTANTLY APART; A SECOND TRAY MOUNTED IN THE INNER SHELL ADJACENT, SPACED APART FROM, AND BELOW THE FIRST TRAY; THE FIRST TRAY AND THE SECOND TRAY BEING IDENTICAL; THE SECOND TRAY ROTATED 180* IN A PLANE NORMAL TO THE VERTICAL AXIS OF THE INNER SHELL SO THAT THE LOUVERS ATTACHED TO THE SECOND TRAY EXTEND DOWNWARDLY IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM THE LOUVERS ATTACHED TO THE FIRST TRAY, WHEREBY FLUIDS PASSING THROUGH THE SLOTS SPREAD OVER THE LOUVERS ATTACHED TO THE FIRST TRAY AND THEN DESCEND TO RE-SPREAD OVER THE LOUVERS ATTACHED TO THE SECOND TRAY; A FIRST OUTPUT CONDUIT FOR DEHYDRATED GAS CONNECTED TO THE UPPER PORTION OF THE OUTER VESSEL SHELL VERTICAL CYLINDRICAL WALL TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE ANNULUS FORMED BETWEEN THE INNER AND OUTER SHELL TO REMOVE DEHYDRATED GAS FROM THE OUTER VESSEL SHELL; AND A SECOND OUTPUT CONDUIT FOR RICH DESICCANT CONNECTED TO THE LOWER PORTION OF THE OUTER VESSEL SHELL, THE SECOND OUTPUT CONDUIT COMMUNICATING WITH THE LOWER PORTION OF THE INTERIOR OF THE OUTER VESSEL SHELL TO REMOVE THE RICH DESICCANT FROM THE OUTER VESSEL SHELL.