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Compact distributor tray for offshore gas/liquid contact columns

US9943776B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 18, 2015
Grant dateApr 17, 2018
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Expiry dateNov 11, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB63B35/44
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention is a distributor tray having at least one perforated wall defining compartments. The distributor tray has at least one distribution compartment through which gas and the liquid flows through the tray, and at least one retention compartment through which the liquid cannot flow through the tray. The at least one retention compartment is on the periphery of the tray. The invention also relates to a column for heat and/or material exchange between a gas and a liquid equipped with a distributor tray, to a floating barge including the column and to the use of the column.

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