WO2004030793A1 - Scrubber - Google Patents
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- WO2004030793A1 WO2004030793A1 PCT/NO2003/000327 NO0300327W WO2004030793A1 WO 2004030793 A1 WO2004030793 A1 WO 2004030793A1 NO 0300327 W NO0300327 W NO 0300327W WO 2004030793 A1 WO2004030793 A1 WO 2004030793A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01D—SEPARATION
- B01D45/00—Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces
- B01D45/12—Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces by centrifugal forces
- B01D45/16—Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces by centrifugal forces generated by the winding course of the gas stream, the centrifugal forces being generated solely or partly by mechanical means, e.g. fixed swirl vanes
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
- B04C—APPARATUS USING FREE VORTEX FLOW, e.g. CYCLONES
- B04C5/00—Apparatus in which the axial direction of the vortex is reversed
- B04C5/02—Construction of inlets by which the vortex flow is generated, e.g. tangential admission, the fluid flow being forced to follow a downward path by spirally wound bulkheads, or with slightly downwardly-directed tangential admission
- B04C5/04—Tangential inlets
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
- B04C—APPARATUS USING FREE VORTEX FLOW, e.g. CYCLONES
- B04C5/00—Apparatus in which the axial direction of the vortex is reversed
- B04C5/08—Vortex chamber constructions
- B04C5/103—Bodies or members, e.g. bulkheads, guides, in the vortex chamber
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- the present invention regards separation of liquid from gas. More specific the present invention regards a scrubber with beneficial properties.
- a number of installations are known functioning to separate fluids of different density by use of a cyclone principle.
- Said principle works by the deflection of a compounded fluid flow for example along the inner wall of a vessel, whereby the heavier constituents move to the outside of the curved fluid flow and are accumulated towards the inner wall of the vessel, after which the heavier constituents as a result of gravitation can be directed to a reservoir or outlet in the bottom of the vessel.
- the lighter constituents will be concentrated in the center area of the vessel, after which they can be taken out through an outlet beginning in the centre area of the vessel.
- the device according to NO 176309 is comprising a cylindrical vessel with an in substance vertical axis, equipped with: An upper compartment to which gas is fed; an intermediate compartment, comprising a number of vanes that are arranged in spiral around the axis; a lower compartment for separation of gas and liquid and/or particles and a coaxial gas outlet pipe extending upwards from the lower compartment through the intermediate compartment and upper compartment, around which spiral formed vanes have been provided; which device is distinguished in that each spiral formed vane is comprising a lower part with a constant slope and a part with a slope that increases gradually in upward direction.
- vanes of the above mentioned device bring the gas into rotation, which vanes are arranged on the coaxially arranged gas outlet pipe.
- inlet is described that is directed downwards, in contrast to the conventional vane inlet (Schepentoeter) that is directed outwards.
- the inlets are significant for how the flow is distributed into the scrubber.
- the objective of the present invention is to provide a device that is contributing to meet the above mentioned demand.
- a scrubber for separation of liquid phase and any other constituents from a fluid flow that in substance is comprising gas, which scrubber is formed as a standing vessel with a round cross-section, with outlet for liquid from the bottom and outlet for gas from the top, which scrubber is distinguished in that it is comprising a fluid inlet that either is tangentially oriented to the inner wall of the scrubber or equipped with a deflection plate, such that introduced fluid is directed tangentially horizontal or with a small downward slope along the inner wall of the scrubber, into and through a fluid way arranged as a downwards directed spiral within the scrubber, along the inner wall, from a level over or at the inlet to a level at or close to the outlet for liquid, with opening for gas escape inwards to the center of the scrubber.
- a vertical standing vessel it is meant a vessel with the longitudinal axis oriented vertical or at a small angle from vertical.
- round cross-section it is meant a vessel with a cross-section that is circular or close to circular, for example elliptical or with other deviation from circular.
- along the inner wall of the scrubber it is meant on the inner wall of the scrubber or a small distance from the inner wall of the scrubber.
- the fluid ways are preferably arranged coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the scrubber.
- a device which in operation to a great extent provides an ideally arranged centrifugal flow on which no other flows such as turbulence and secondary flows have influence. This is achieved in that all fluid defection can take place on the inner wall of the scrubber and in that the fluid way in substantial degree is providing a shielded laminar flow on which other fluid flows such as turbulence and secondary flows have little influence.
- the scrubber of the invention a good separation of liquid from gas is achieved by rotation/gravitation with minimum generation of turbulence and minimum entrainment of droplets. Further, the accumulation of upstream coalesced liquid is passed relatively unaffected of the gas flow down to the bottom section.
- the inlet and the fluid way according to the invention are robust with respect to variations in liquid fraction in the feed flow, and result in reduced liquid fraction in the feed to downstream located liquid separation equipment.
- the result is a good primary liquid separation, with 50 to 75 % reduced liquid contents in the gas downstream the fluid way compared to conventional inlets.
- the operation of optional devices in the top and bottom of the scrubber, to reduce the liquid ratio further, also becomes more effective.
- FIG 1 that illustrates an embodiment of the scrubber according to the present invention, more specific the distinguishing parts thereof, and Figure 2 and Figure 3, presenting experimental data in a graphical form.
- the inlet 1 directs the fluid flow towards a deflection plate 2 which again directs the fluid flow into a fluid way 3.
- the fluid way consists of a guiding plate 4 and an upward extending edge 5 fastened along the inner edge of the guiding plate towards the center of the scrubber.
- the scrubber according to the invention is preferably comprising a fluid way in form of a guiding plate that on the inner wall of the scrubber is fastened in spiral form from level above the inlet to level just above the outlet for liquid, which guiding plate is extending out towards the center axis of the scrubber a distance from 5 % to 20 % of the inner diameter of the scrubber and is equipped with an upwards extending edge of height 75-150 % of the width of the guiding plate closest towards the center of the scrubber.
- the width of the fluid way is preferably covering 5-20 % of the inner diameter, because a larger coverage result in higher local vertical gas velocities, with increased tendency to entrainment of droplets, while a lower coverage results in lower capacity.
- the upwards extending edge is preferably parallel to a virtual coaxially arranged cylinder within the scrubber and is functioning to collect and direct liquid downwards into the scrubber and to hinder or minimize entrainment of liquid upwards in the scrubber with the gas flow.
- the inlet can preferably be tangential and with the same slope as the fluid way, whereby it can be achieved that all fluid deflection can take place against the inner wall of the scrubber or fluid way.
- a preferred embodiment of the scrubber according to the invention is comprising that the fluid way is a guiding plate that on the inner wall of the scrubber is fastened in spiral form 1 - 2 revolutions from the top of the scrubber somewhat above a centred inlet with a deflection plate to level somewhat above the liquid phase in the bottom of the scrubber, in that the guiding plate has uniform slope and is extending 10 % of the inner diameter of the scrubber from the wall and is equipped with a middle adjusted fastened upwards extending edge with height equal to the width of the guiding plate closest towards the center of the scrubber.
- the spiral has preferably 1-2 revolutions to limit the height of the scrubber, but with respect to effect more revolutions can be provided.
- the slope of the spiral is typically 10 % downwards from the horizontal, but the slope can be varied. For a typical scrubber with inner diameter 400 mm a typical vertical height between each spiral revolution will be 150 mm.
- the fluid way is preferably comprising a spiral formed pipe placed within the scrubber, which spiral formed pipe in the top of the scrubber is oriented in direct elongation from a tangential inlet and is extending to just above the outlet in the bottom of the scrubber, which spiral formed pipe in all its length has a longitudinal or several closely spaced openings for gas escape.
- This embodiment is in particular preferable with respect to fabrication.
- the scrubber can preferably be formed as a truncated opposite cone where a spiral formed fluid way in form of a longitudinally open pipe with spiral wound adapted to the form of the scrubber has been introduced. Thereby a gradually increasing deflection of the fluid flow is achieved, and thereby a gradually increasing liquid separation.
- a vortex breaker is preferably arranged above the outlet of the scrubber. Thereby liquid can flow freely from the vortex breaker down to the liquid that is to be kept in the bottom of the scrubber, while gas can rise upwards to the gas outlet in top of the scrubber.
- the vortex breaker can have different known designs, of which two examples are guiding plates breaking the spiral flow and a so called China hat, respectively.
- the fluid way can in downward direction preferably have increasing slope. Thereby an increasing ratio of liquid can easier be directed downwards to the bottom of the scrubber.
- the fluid way can in downward direction have increasing opening for gas escape. This can be preferable for achieving a high liquid ratio in the fluid flow at the bottom of the fluid way and to avoid that gas already being relatively dry is mixed with liquid in an optional vortex breaker and therefrom is entraining liquid.
- the scrubber according to the present invention can have more embodiments than the above mentioned.
- the number of rotations in the fluid way can be significantly larger than 2, for example 5 or at maximum as many as still provide liquid separation.
- the scrubber can further for example be designed as a spiral in a downwards directed pipe, around which spiral a vessel is constructed with outlet for gas in the top and outlet for liquid in the bottom.
- the scrubber can contain more equipment than mentioned above.
- equipment for demisting can be arranged in the top of the scrubber, for example thread grids (mesh), cyclones and or vanes, which can be of known types or of new types.
- the fluid way is arranged between optional equipment for demisting in the top of the scrubber and optional equipment for vortex breaking in the bottom of the scrubber.
- Further equipment in the scrubber according to the invention comprises for example instrumentation.
- the scrubber has a fluid way that is completely closed for gas escape at the upper end at the inlet, but is gradually opened for escape of gas towards the outlet, and the fluid way has about 5 revolutions in total, which embodiment appears to be the most preferred one in general because of lowest remaining demand for demisting.
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AU2003269730A AU2003269730A1 (en) | 2002-10-02 | 2003-09-30 | Scrubber |
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