Patent ID: 7833488
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: B01D,B01J,C40B,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process for evaporating a liquid feed and treating the resulting vapor comprising: providing a process vessel having a housing encasing an evaporation zone and a treatment zone; providing packing in the evaporation zone; providing an injector having an orifice; positioning the orifice and the packing so that there is 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 evaporation zone through the injector orifice; heating the liquid feed so that it will be at least at its bubble point within the evaporation zone to generate a vapor; flowing the vapor to the treatment zone; and treating the vapor within the treatment zone to generate an effluent.