Patent ID: 7767008
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: B01D,C10G,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A vapor/liquid separation apparatus comprising: (a) a vertical drum having an upper cap section, a middle section comprising a circular wall, and a lower cap section; (b) an overhead vapor outlet attached to said upper cap section; (c) at least one tangential inlet for a feedstream in the circular wall of said middle section providing an annular flow along the inside of the wall; and (d) a boot of less diameter than said middle section, said boot comprising: the apparatus further comprising: at least one perforated baffle lacking perforations in its center section area, located at a lower part of said middle section providing a surface slanting downwardly from the center of said drum toward the circular wall and providing a gap between said baffle and said circular wall for directing liquid drops along or near the circular wall to said lower cap section.