Patent ID: 7588729
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: B01D,B01J,C40B,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process for vaporizing a liquid feed and treating the resulting vapor comprising: providing a process vessel having a housing encasing an evaporation zone and a treatment zone; nesting an insert having at least one evaporation surface within the housing so that the evaporation surface is within the evaporation zone; providing an injector having an orifice; positioning the injector orifice and the evaporation surface to provide a predetermined gap therebetween wherein the gap is less than the predicted diameter of a drop as determined by the Young-LaPlace equation to prevent the formation of a liquid drop; injecting the liquid feed into the insert through the injector orifice; heating the liquid feed so that it will be at least at its bubble point while it is in contact with the evaporation surface to generate a vapor; flowing the vapor to the treatment zone; and treating the vapor within the treatment zone to generate an effluent.