Apparatus for distribution of a mixture of vapor and liquid in a separator with horizontal axis

Claim 1

Apparatus for distribution and preliminary separation of a mixture of vapour and liquid in a sleeve separator having a horizontal axis, from a tubular neck disposed close to the lower generatrix of the separator sleeve, said apparatus comprising two deflectors in the general shape of portions of cylinders, with axes parallel to one another and perpendicular to that of the separator, said deflectors being symmetrical with respect to the vertical plane of symmetry of said neck perpendicular to the axis of said separator, in which plane of symmetry they have a common generatrix, each deflector being cut by two planes oblique with respect to the longitudinal plane of symmetry of said separator, the projections of the oblique planes in the plane of the entry circle of said neck in the separator lying outside said entry circle, said deflectors being completed by three partitions, one in the plane of longitudinal symmetry of the separator and extending from said common generatrix to the exterior of said entry circle, and the other two being symmetrical with respect to the first and cutting it along a straight line parallel to the axis of said neck, but outside the latter, the edges of said deflectors being provided with troughs for collecting and discharging the liquid deposited on their concave surface, and said troughs issuing into the volume comprised between said other two partitions, into which the mixture of vapour and liquid is unable to penetrate.