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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2001
Isabelle Harter, Lyons, FR;
Robert Agoero, Vienne, FR;
Institut Francais du Petrole, Cedex, FR;
Abstract
A device for distributing a poly-phase mixture comprises: at least one gas phase and at least one liquid phase, said mixture being in downflow mode through at least one bed of granular solid, comprising: at least one tray (P) located above one of said beds of granular solid, a plurality of mixer conduits ( ) for said liquid and gas phases, each of said conduits comprising at least one upper cross section for flow ( ) and at least one lower cross section for flow ( ) allowing the mixture formed inside said mixer conduits to communicate with a bed of granular solid, said mixer conduits being provided over a portion of their height with one or more lateral cross sections for flow ( ), said upper cross section for flow ( ) allowing the majority of the gas phase to pass and said lateral cross section for flow ( ) allowing the passage of the liquid phase into said mixer conduits and/or at least a portion of the gas phase respectively, said device comprising at least one jet disturber type dispersive system ( ) with a controlled porosity below the lower cross section for flow ( ) and above the bed of solid.