Patent ID: 6386520
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: B01D,B01J

Abstract:
A fluid inlet device for introducing a mixture of liquid and gas into a column, said device comprising:an inlet nozzle; a horizontal gas/liquid contact tray arranged in the column below the inlet nozzle comprising a number of elongated downcomers having bubbling areas situated between said downcomers; an inlet end in fluid communication with the inlet nozzle and possessing a number of vertical vanes situated one behind the other between a top plate and a bottom plate, wherein each such vane comprises two interconnected parts comprising an intercepting part and an outwardly directed deflecting part, wherein the intercepting part extends to the inlet end of the inlet device, and wherein an outlet channel defined by the deflecting parts of two adjacent vanes discharges above a bubbling area of the contact tray.