Patent ID: 8012436

Claim:
A quenching vessel being, in use, vertically elongated and provided with an inlet for gas at its upper end, an outlet for cooled gas at its lower end defining a pathway for a gas flow directed downwardly, the vessel being provided at its upper end with a first internal tubular wall part which wall part has an opening fluidly connected to the inlet for gas and wherein the tubular wall part is connected at its lower end with a divergent conical part having walls which are inclined outwardly in the direction of the pathway for gas, wherein an arrangement of more than one nozzle for atomisation, spraying and injecting a liquid quench medium in a downward direction into the pathway for the gas flow is present in the space enclosed by the divergent conical part and comprises a number of radially disposed arms extending from the wall of the quenching vessel and through openings in the wall of the divergent conical part to a central position and wherein the arms are provided with one or more downwardly directed nozzles.