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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1996
John T Lavin, Guildford, GB;
The BOC Group plc, Windlesham, GB;
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a liquid-vapor contact column housing an array of vertically spaced liquid-vapor contact trays and an arrangement of downcomers that conduct liquid from tray-to-tray down the array. In a vapor space between the trays there are liquid-vapor disengagement devices having vapor passages therethrough and defining surfaces for the flow thereacross of any liquid disengaged from vapor ascending the column. Each of the devices is typically provided by a sheet of expanded metal and has an outlet edge in liquid flow communication with the next lower tray via the downcomer.
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