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Apparatus for dividing flows of volatile fluids such as agricultural ammonia used as fertilizer

US5372160A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 11, 1993
Grant dateDec 13, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 11, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/85938
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A device receives a volatile fluid, then separates the vapor phase portion from the liquid phase portion in a separation chamber, and then provides separate paths from the separation chamber to a selective outlet ring across liquid and gas orifices for each outlet in the ring, where the divided gas and liquid are recombined, thereby enhancing the equal distribution of the fluid.

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