Patent ID: 8521014

Claim:
An apparatus for conditioning feed gas, comprising: an outer tubular housing; an inner tubular housing that defines a passageway and is positioned within the outer tubular housing, wherein an end of the passageway is adapted to be operably coupled to an outlet stream of fluidic materials; a plurality of baffle assemblies positioned within the passageway of the inner tubular housing; one or more heating elements positioned within the passageway of the inner tubular housing; and an annular passageway defined between the inner and outer tubular housings, wherein an inlet of the annular passageway is adapted to be operably coupled to an inlet stream of fluidic material, and wherein an outlet of the annular passageway is operably coupled to another end of the passageway of the inner tubular housing; wherein one or more of the baffle assemblies comprise a first baffle element and a second baffle element; and wherein the first and second baffle elements each define one or more passages; wherein the first and second baffle elements are positioned in different planes; and wherein one or more of the heating elements extend through one or more of the passageways of one or more of the first and second baffle elements of one or more of the baffle assemblies.