Vapour separation systems

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS FOR THE SEPARATION OF VAPOR FROM A FLUID COMPRISING A LIQUID VAPOR MIXTURE WHICH IS CIRCULATING IN A CLOSED CIRCUITOUS PATH IN THE APPARATUS COMPRISING A TANK, A RISER AND A DOWNCOMER MOUNTED IN SAID TANK, A VAPOR SPACE ABOVE THE OUTLET OF SAID RISER AND THE INLET OF SAID DOWNCOMER, AND A PARTITION BETWEEN SAID RISER AND SAID DOWNCOMER, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY DISPOSED INDIVIDUAL CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATORS HAVING A VAPOR OUTLET TO SAID VAPOR SPACE AND A FLUID OUTLET TO SAID DOWNCOMER, THE INLET OF EACH OF SAID SEPARATORS BEING HORIZONTALLY DEFINED BY THE ADJOINING WALL OF AN ADJACENTLY SITUATED SEPARATOR AND AN ESSENTIALLY PLANE VERTICAL PLATE EXTENDING IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID ADJOINING SEPARATOR WALL FROM THE SEPARATOR WALL IN A DIRECTION TOWARDS THE RISER, THE INLET OF EACH SEPARATOR BEING VERTICALLY DEFINED BY THE TOP OF EACH SEPARATOR AND THE TOP OF SAID PARTITION ARRANGED BETWEEN THE RISER AND THE DOWNCOMER.