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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard C Darton, The Hague, NL;
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
55237 ; 55348 ; 55398 ; 55 92 ; 261 792 ;
Abstract
A column is provided for treating gases by separating liquid and/or solid contaminants from the gases and then washing the gases with a washing liquid, wherein the presence of the contaminants would adversely affect the washing. The column has a separation space being arranged with respect to a washing space to prevent the washing liquid from contacting the contaminants within the separation space, a vane assembly for imparting a swirling motion to the gases in the separation space to substantially separate the contaminants from the gases, and tubular elements arranged to pass the gases substantially free of contaminants to the washing space.