Compact distributor tray for offshore gas/liquid contact columns
US10201766B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 12, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 29, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63B35/44
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention is a distributor tray for at least one a gas/liquid heat and a material exchange column comprising passages for passing gas through the tray. The tray has an upper plate (P1) and a lower plate (P2) with each plate having at least two distinct liquid passages. The openings (10 and 11) of the upper plate (P1) are positioned at distinct elevations with at least one of the liquid passages (10) of upper plate (P1) having a lower elevation communicating with one of the liquid passages of the lower plate through a supply line (9). The invention also relates to a gas/liquid heat and/or material exchange column equipped with a distributor tray (2) in accordance with the invention and to a floating barge having a column and to the use of the column.
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