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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2003
Mohammad A. Kalbassi, Weybridge, GB;
Ian R. Zone, Woking, GB;
Mohammad A. Kalbassi, Weybridge, GB;
Ian R. Zone, Woking, GB;
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
Liquid is distributed substantially uniformly in a liquid-vapour separation columnlocated on an off-shore floating platform using a liquid distributorcharacterised in that (i) the distance between the two apertures that are furthest apart in the or each secondary distributor is such that the liquid distributor provides, at each angle of tilt, a standard deviation of liquid flow rates through the apertures of the or each secondary distributor that is less than a first predetermined maximum for all angles of tilt; and (ii) the difference in flow rate between the aperture having maximum liquid flow and the aperture having minimum liquid flow in the or each secondary distributor at each angle of tilt is less than a second predetermined maximum for all angles of tilt.