Patent ID: 7691184

Claim:
An arrangement for degassing a process fluid, which arrangement includes a cylindrical vessel, which is arranged vertically, wherein said cylindrical vessel includes an inlet, which is arranged tangentially, so that in the vessel there will be formed a whirl which opens upwards and includes a curved fluid surface having a shape which generally corresponds to the surface of a rotational body, wherein said cylindrical vessel includes an outlet, which is arranged tangentially, wherein said cylindrical vessel has a wall having an inner surface, wherein said inlet includes jet feeding means formed vertically along the wall of the cylindrical vessel and which bring an incoming fluid into the shape of at least one jet which is sharply delimited in the radial direction and which runs close to said inner surface of said wall of said vessel at a high initial velocity, wherein said inlet extends downward in a vertical direction to a level that is at least partially below said curved fluid surface of said whirl, and wherein said outlet is arranged at a level which is located below said curved fluid surface of said whirl.