Fluor Technologies Corporation

Fluor Corporation

Walt Stupin

Henry Kister

Garry E Jacobs

Contemplated configurations and methods are drawn to systems in which gas assisted spray nozzles are used to distribute a liquid phase in micron-sized droplets in a device effluent at a position upstream of a second device having multiple parallel flow paths for the effluent. Most preferably, the assist gas is a high-pressure gas phase that is generated in a process upstream of the device effluent, the first device is a hydrotreating or hydrocracking reactor or distillation column, and the second device is an air cooler or heat exchanger.

Configurations and methods of gas-assisted spray nozzles

A differential vapor pressure (DYP) cell is disposed in a divided wall column that receives a feed comprising a first, second, and third component. A separation section on the feed side of the divided wall column separates the feed in a vapor comprising the first and second component, and a liquid comprising the second and third component. The DYP cell is disposed in the divided wall column at a level below the point where the feed enters the column, and the DYP cell measures the concentration of the first component.

Distillation systems

An inclined fluid receiving surface () is positioned a short distance away from a pipe distributor () having a plurality of openings () and receives from the openings a liquid-containing fluid () with a horizontal momentum () in the direction of the pipe flow. The fluid receiving surface () further includes a flow-impeding portion () that reduces the horizontal momentum () of the fluid () on the fluid receiving surface (), thereby significantly improving distribution of the fluid ().

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Walt Stupin