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US4752307A
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Contacting gas and liquid
Assignee: Shell USA Inc
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Filing: 1986-10-14
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Granted: 1988-06-21
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Expires: 2006-10-14
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for contacting gas and liquid is disclosed in which a vessel has fluid inlet means, fluid outlet means and horizontal trays arranged axially spaced apart in the vessel. Each horizontal tray is provided with a plurality of contacting means which have an open-ended vertical tube, contacting material and swirl imparting means arranged therein, and means allowing liquid collected on a horizontal tray to pass into the vertical tube below the contacting material and from the upper end of the vertical tube to below the tray.
Inventors
- 👤 Gerardus Asmus
- 👤 Martin M. Suenson
- 👤 Anton M. Danckaarts
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 18:41
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D3/00; B01D3/14; B01D3/26; B01D3/16; B01D3/18; B01D3/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
109 words
An apparatus for contacting gas and liquid comprising: a vessel having a fluid inlet means and a fluid outlet means; a horizontal tray arranged in the vessel; a contacting means connected to the horizontal tray comprising: an open-ended vertical tube; contacting material arranged inside the vertical tube; swirl imparting means arranged inside the vertical tube above the contacting material; first conduit means allowing fluid communication between the space above the horizontal tray and the interior of the vertical tube below the contacting material; and second conduit means allowing fluid communiction between the interior of the vertical tube above the swirl imparting means and the space below the horizontal tray.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
109 words
An apparatus for contacting gas and liquid comprising: a vessel having a fluid inlet means and a fluid outlet means; a horizontal tray arranged in the vessel; a contacting means connected to the horizontal tray comprising: an open-ended vertical tube; contacting material arranged inside the vertical tube; swirl imparting means arranged inside the vertical tube above the contacting material; first conduit means allowing fluid communication between the space above the horizontal tray and the interior of the vertical tube below the contacting material; and second conduit means allowing fluid communiction between the interior of the vertical tube above the swirl imparting means and the space below the horizontal tray.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of contacting means are distributed over the horizontal tray.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the vessel further comprises two or more axially spaced apart horizontal trays.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first conduit means is at least one open-ended tube.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
73 words
An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second conduit means is a space between the outer side of a wall of the vertical tube and an inner side of a wall of a tube arranged externally around the vertical tube, the upper end of the space communicating with the interior of the vertical tube above the swirl imparting means and the lower end having an outlet opening below the horizontal tray.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
90 words
A method of contacting gas and liquid in a vessel having a horizontal tray provided with a contacting means comprising the following steps: introducing gas and liquid into the vessel; passing liquid and gas upwardly through a vertical tube of the contacting means in which a contacting material is arranged below a swirl imparting means. passing liquid separated from gas from the upper part of the vertical tube to below a horizontal tray; and removing gas from the top of the vessel and liquid from the bottom of the vessel.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
90 words
A method of contacting gas and liquid in a vessel having a horizontal tray provided with a contacting means comprising the following steps: introducing gas and liquid into the vessel; passing liquid and gas upwardly through a vertical tube of the contacting means in which a contacting material is arranged below a swirl imparting means. passing liquid separated from gas from the upper part of the vertical tube to below a horizontal tray; and removing gas from the top of the vessel and liquid from the bottom of the vessel.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method as claimed in claim 6, wherein liquid present on the tray is passed into the vertical tube tube below the contacting material.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
156 words
A gas and liquid contacting apparatus comprising: a vessel; at least one substantially horizontal tray attached to the vessel and separating the top and bottom parts thereof; a liquid inlet at the top part of the vessel; a gas inlet at the bottom part of the vessel; a liquid outlet at the bottom part of the vessel; a gas outlet at the top part of the vessel; at least one contacting means connected to the horizontal tray, comprising: an open-ended vertical tube; a swirl imparting means mounted to the vertical tube; contacting material arranged beneath the swirl imparting means within the vertical tube; a first conduit means providing fluid communication between the space above the horizontal tray and the interior of the vertical tube below the contacting material; and a second conduit means allowing fluid communication from the interior of the vertical tube, through the swirl imparting means and to the space below the horizontal tray.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
156 words
A gas and liquid contacting apparatus comprising: a vessel; at least one substantially horizontal tray attached to the vessel and separating the top and bottom parts thereof; a liquid inlet at the top part of the vessel; a gas inlet at the bottom part of the vessel; a liquid outlet at the bottom part of the vessel; a gas outlet at the top part of the vessel; at least one contacting means connected to the horizontal tray, comprising: an open-ended vertical tube; a swirl imparting means mounted to the vertical tube; contacting material arranged beneath the swirl imparting means within the vertical tube; a first conduit means providing fluid communication between the space above the horizontal tray and the interior of the vertical tube below the contacting material; and a second conduit means allowing fluid communication from the interior of the vertical tube, through the swirl imparting means and to the space below the horizontal tray.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
18 words
An apparatus in accordance with clam 8 wherein the first conduit means is at least one open-ended tube.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
18 words
An apparatus in accordance with clam 8 wherein the first conduit means is at least one open-ended tube.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
34 words
An apparatus in acordance with claim 8 wherein the second conduit is a space defined by the outside of the vertical tube and the interior of a tube externally concentric to the vertical tube.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
187 words
A method of contacting gas and liquid in a vessel having a horizontal tray provided with a contacting means, said method comprising the following steps: introducing the gas into the vessel beneath the horizontal tray; introducing the liqud into the vessel above the horizontal tray in counterflow to the gas; passing the liquid collecting on the horizontal tray downwardly within a first conduit means to discharge into an open-ended vertical tube which extends through the horizontal tray; entraining the liquid discahrged into the vertical tube into cocurrent flow with a high velocity upward flow of the gas proceeding through the vertical tube; intimately contacting the entrained liquid and the gas in a contacting material within the vertical tube; separating the contacted, entrained liquid from the contacted gas in a swirl imparting means presented in the vertical tube above the contacting material; passing the separated gas upward through the vessel; passing the separated liquid through a second conduit means downwardly through the horizontal tray in counterflow to the gas; and removing the gas from the top of the vessel and the liquid from the bottom of the vessel.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
187 words
A method of contacting gas and liquid in a vessel having a horizontal tray provided with a contacting means, said method comprising the following steps: introducing the gas into the vessel beneath the horizontal tray; introducing the liqud into the vessel above the horizontal tray in counterflow to the gas; passing the liquid collecting on the horizontal tray downwardly within a first conduit means to discharge into an open-ended vertical tube which extends through the horizontal tray; entraining the liquid discahrged into the vertical tube into cocurrent flow with a high velocity upward flow of the gas proceeding through the vertical tube; intimately contacting the entrained liquid and the gas in a contacting material within the vertical tube; separating the contacted, entrained liquid from the contacted gas in a swirl imparting means presented in the vertical tube above the contacting material; passing the separated gas upward through the vessel; passing the separated liquid through a second conduit means downwardly through the horizontal tray in counterflow to the gas; and removing the gas from the top of the vessel and the liquid from the bottom of the vessel.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
195 words
A gas and liquid contacting apparatus comprising; a vessel; at least one substantially horizontal tray attached to the vessel and separating the top and bottom parts thereof; a liquid inlet at the top part of the vessel; a gas inlet at the bottom part of the vessel; a liquid outlet at the bottom part of the vessel; a gas outlet at the top part of the vessel; and at least one contacting means connected to the horizontal tray, comprising; an open-ended vertical tube passing through the horizontal tray, said vertical tube having two concentric walls defining an annular space therebetween; a swirl imparting means mounted to the vertical tube; contacting material arranged within the vertical tube beneath the swirl imparting means; an open-ended tube extending downwardly from the space above the horizontal tray to the interior of the vertical tube below the contacting material and at a level below the horizontal tray; and a conduit means established from a slit opening in the interior wall of the vertical tube above the swirl imparting means, extending downwrdly through the annulus between the walls of the vertical tube and communicating with the space below the horizontal tray.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
195 words
A gas and liquid contacting apparatus comprising; a vessel; at least one substantially horizontal tray attached to the vessel and separating the top and bottom parts thereof; a liquid inlet at the top part of the vessel; a gas inlet at the bottom part of the vessel; a liquid outlet at the bottom part of the vessel; a gas outlet at the top part of the vessel; and at least one contacting means connected to the horizontal tray, comprising; an open-ended vertical tube passing through the horizontal tray, said vertical tube having two concentric walls defining an annular space therebetween; a swirl imparting means mounted to the vertical tube; contacting material arranged within the vertical tube beneath the swirl imparting means; an open-ended tube extending downwardly from the space above the horizontal tray to the interior of the vertical tube below the contacting material and at a level below the horizontal tray; and a conduit means established from a slit opening in the interior wall of the vertical tube above the swirl imparting means, extending downwrdly through the annulus between the walls of the vertical tube and communicating with the space below the horizontal tray.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
266 words
A method of removing select acid components from a gas mixture comprising: selecting a liquid absorbent which is more reactive with the select acid components in the gas such that during intimate contact, over a selected short contacting period, the select acid will substantially react with the liquid absorbent and the other acids will not substantially react; introducing the gas into a vessel at a high velocity beneath a horizontal tray; introducing the liquid absorbent into the vessel above the horizontal tray in counterflow to the gas; passing the liquid absorbent collecting on the horizontal tray downwardly with in first conduit means to discharge into an open-ended vertical tube which extends through the horizontal tray; entraining the liquid absorbent discharged into the vertical tube into cocurrent flow with a high velocity upward flow of the gas proceeding through the vertical tube at a rate to effect the desired short contacting period; intimately contacting the entrained liquid absorbent and the gas in a contacting material within the vertical tubes; substantially reacting the select acid components in the gas with the liquid absorbent during the short contact period; separating the contacted liquid absorbent from the contacted gas, in a swirl imparting means presented in the vertical tube above the contacting material before other acid components substantially react with the liquid absorbent; passing the separated gas upward through the vessel; passing the separated liquid through a second conduit means downwadly through the horizontal tray in counterflow to the gas; and removing the gas from the top of the vessel and the liquid absorbent from the bottom of the vessel.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
266 words
A method of removing select acid components from a gas mixture comprising: selecting a liquid absorbent which is more reactive with the select acid components in the gas such that during intimate contact, over a selected short contacting period, the select acid will substantially react with the liquid absorbent and the other acids will not substantially react; introducing the gas into a vessel at a high velocity beneath a horizontal tray; introducing the liquid absorbent into the vessel above the horizontal tray in counterflow to the gas; passing the liquid absorbent collecting on the horizontal tray downwardly with in first conduit means to discharge into an open-ended vertical tube which extends through the horizontal tray; entraining the liquid absorbent discharged into the vertical tube into cocurrent flow with a high velocity upward flow of the gas proceeding through the vertical tube at a rate to effect the desired short contacting period; intimately contacting the entrained liquid absorbent and the gas in a contacting material within the vertical tubes; substantially reacting the select acid components in the gas with the liquid absorbent during the short contact period; separating the contacted liquid absorbent from the contacted gas, in a swirl imparting means presented in the vertical tube above the contacting material before other acid components substantially react with the liquid absorbent; passing the separated gas upward through the vessel; passing the separated liquid through a second conduit means downwadly through the horizontal tray in counterflow to the gas; and removing the gas from the top of the vessel and the liquid absorbent from the bottom of the vessel.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method removing select acid components from a gas mixture in accordance with claim 13 wherein the gas mixture comprises H 2 S and CO 2 and selecting a liquid absorbent comprises preparing an aqueous solution of tertiary amine.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method removing select acid components from a gas mixture in accordance with claim 13 wherein the gas mixture comprises H 2 S and CO 2 and selecting a liquid absorbent comprises preparing an aqueous solution of tertiary alkanolamine.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1991-06-21 | 1991-12-21 | 1992-06-21 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1995-06-21 | 1995-12-21 | 1996-06-21 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1999-06-21 | 1999-12-21 | 2000-06-21 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |