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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2006
Ockert Rudolph Minnie, Mossel Bay, ZA;
Patrick Otto Taylor, Mossel Bay, ZA;
Pål Søraker, Trondheim, NO;
Marcus Fathi, Trondheim, NO;
Ockert Rudolph Minnie, Mossel Bay, ZA;
Patrick Otto Taylor, Mossel Bay, ZA;
Pål Søraker, Trondheim, NO;
Marcus Fathi, Trondheim, NO;
Abstract
The invention provides a method for the separation of liquid from a three phase slurry bubble column. The method includes the step of charging the inside of a hollow filter element with a rinsing fluid to clean the inside of the filter for catalyst fines followed by a backflushing step. The invention also provides an installation for the separation of liquid from a three phase slurry bubble column. The installation includes at feast one hollow and enclosed filter element and one or more conduits in fluid communication with the internal volume of the filter, with at least one conduit being configured or connected for inflow of rinsing fluid and at least one conduit being configured or connection for outflow of rinsing fluid.