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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc., Ball Ground, GA (US);
Steven J. Vallee, La Crosse, WI (US);
Zeke Skarlupka, Genoa, WI (US);
Adam McNeilly, La Crosse, WI (US);
Emma Carter, La Crosse, WI (US);
Ryan Mehus, La Crescent, MN (US);
Michael Ruskin, La Crosse, WI (US);
Robert Robson, La Crosse, WI (US);
Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc., Ball Ground, GA (US);
Abstract
A device for distributing a fluid to a processing component includes a vessel having an inlet port for receiving a stream of fluid. A vapor outlet line is in fluid communication with the fluid processing component and has a vapor outlet line inlet in fluid communication with the headspace of the vessel. A liquid outlet line has a liquid outlet line inlet in fluid communication with a liquid side of the vessel and the fluid processing component. A bypass line has a bypass line inlet in fluid communication with the liquid side of the vessel and a bypass line outlet in fluid communication with the vapor outlet line and is configured so that liquid travels through the bypass line and into the vapor outlet line when a liquid level within the vessel reaches a predetermined level so that a headspace is maintained above the liquid level as liquid enters the vessel through the inlet port, and liquid does not travel from the bypass line into the vapor outlet line when a liquid level within the vessel is below the predetermined level.