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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
May. 08, 2014
Andritz Inc., Glen Falls, NY (US);
Richard M. Grogan, Queensbury, NY (US);
Walter Edward Nellis, Queensbury, NY (US);
Tyson Bradford Hunt, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Andritz Inc., Glen Falls, NY (US);
Abstract
A flash tank including: an interior chamber having a interior surface formed by a sidewall of the flash tank; a vapor exhaust port coupled to an upper portion of the chamber; a liquid discharge port coupled to a lower portion of the chamber; an insert inlet tube having an insert outlet and inserted into an inlet port of the chamber, wherein the insert inlet tube extends inward of the sidewall and the insert outlet has an elongated cross-sectional shape oriented substantially parallel to a center vertical axis of the flash tank and substantially perpendicular to a radial line of the flash tank, such that the insert outlet is substantially tangential to the sidewall.