Patent ID: 7488373
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. Device for treating a gas/liquid mixture, comprising: an upright vessel with a lower and upper compartment; an inlet for admitting the flow of mixture into the lower compartment; an agglomerating unit placed between the lower and upper compartment for enlarging the liquid droplets in the mixture; a separator arranged in the upper compartment downstream of the agglomerating unit for further separating the mixture into a substantially liquid-containing mixture part and a substantially gas-containing mixture part; a lower outlet for discharging the substantially liquid-containing mixture part from the lower compartment; an upper outlet for discharging the substantially gas-containing mixture part from the upper compartment; collecting means for collecting in or downstream the agglomerating unit the liquid droplets which have broken through the agglomerating unit; and recycling means for recycling the collected liquid from the collecting means to the lower compartment.