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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2001
David M. Roggeman, North Royalton, OH (US);
James Oziomek, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Timothy L. Tartamella, Silver Lake, OH (US);
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A humidification system (A) for humidifying a dry hydrocarbon stream includes a column ( ) which defines an interior cavity ( ). The cavity is partially filled with a bed ( ) of a packing material ( ) and a layer of water ( ), leaving a headspace above the water. An inlet ( ) adjacent a lower end of the cavity receives a dry hydrocarbon stream which is broken up by the packing material and dissolves water as it passes therethrough. Entrained water droplets fall out of the wet blend in a disengagement zone ( ) above the water layer leaving the hydrocarbon stream humidified yet substantially free of liquid water in an upper region ( ) of the column.