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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1996
Stephen W Johnston, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Philip C Lewellen, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A device is provided for mixing two fluids, one a liquid, the other a gas, where apertures are provided in channel tubes to mix the fluids in the individual channels. The mixing device provides a two fluid admixture for passage to downstream processing, most preferably the tubeside of a shell and tube heat exchanger. The vessel is equipped with a gas inlet means located below a liquid inlet means with respect to the height of the vertical vessel. A distributor plate is situated substantially perpendicular to said channel or channels at a point in said vessel below said apertures for influx of the liquid into the gas phase. The apparatus provides uniform distribution of gas and liquid to all parallel channels.