Atlantic Richfield Company

James P Meyer

Lloyd A Baillie

Jeffrey M Bigger

Harry M Turner

A system and method for injecting a gaseous contaminant absorbent through at least one spray nozzle into a pipe transporting gas to a contacting vessel wherein the gas is contacted with a liquid absorbent to remove at least one gaseous contaminant from the gas is provided. The injection of the absorbent through the spray nozzles augments the efficiency of the contacting vessel by removal of a quantity of the gaseous contaminant from the gas prior to charging the gas to the contacting vessel. Water vapor is removed using a glycol absorbent and acidic gases are removed using an amine solution as an absorbent. A system and method for the removal of both water vapor and acidic gases is provided.

Gas treatment method

The mean particle size of a dispersed phase, such as a liquid dispersed in a carrier liquid, is determined by selecting a particulate solids material which, when dispersed in the carrier liquid, has the same refractive index as the dispersed liquid in the carrier liquid, measuring the turbidity of selected particle sizes of the particulate solid for different concentrations of each particle size in the carrier liquid and developing a relationship of the ratio of the turbidity to the concentration for each particle size as a function of particle size which may be referenced when measuring the turbidity and concentration of the dispersed liquid in the carrier liquid to determine the actual particle size of the dispersed liquid.

Method for measuring particle size of a dispersed phase in a fluid stream

A method for removing small gas bubbles from a liquid stream to produce a liquid stream having a reduced number of gas bubbles by increasing the pressure on the liquid stream.

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Plano, TX, United States of America

James P Meyer