Patent ID: 9089787
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: B01D,B01F,F28F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A liquid distributor for receiving and distributing a liquid stream, said liquid distributor comprising: a plurality of elongated primary troughs positioned in side-by-side and generally parallel relationship, each of said primary troughs having spaced apart side walls interconnected by a floor for receiving and allowing the accumulation of a portion of the liquid stream within each primary trough; a plurality of liquid discharge holes in at least one of the side walls of each of said primary troughs through which the portion of the liquid stream that has accumulated within each primary trough may be discharged from the associated trough in individual primary discharge streams; a plurality of secondary troughs having spaced apart side walls interconnected by a floor for receiving and allowing the accumulation of a portion of the primary discharge streams within each secondary trough, each secondary trough being positioned adjacent one of the primary troughs at a location to receive at least some of the individual primary discharge streams from said one of the primary troughs; a plurality of liquid discharge holes in at least one of the side walls of each of the secondary troughs through which the portion of the individual primary discharge streams that has accumulated within each second trough may be discharged from the associated secondary trough in individual secondary discharge streams; and splash baffles spaced a preselected distance from at least some of the plurality of liquid discharge holes in the side walls of the secondary troughs to receive at least some of the individual secondary discharge streams and cause a lateral spreading thereof as the individual second discharge streams descend along the splash baffles and drip from lower edges thereof.