APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING PARTICULATE SOLIDS

摘要

An apparatus for separating solid particles from a stream of a mixture of gaseous fluids and solid particles has a separation vessel. A mixture conduit extends vertically into a central section of the separation vessel and defines a discharge opening located within the vessel and tangentially oriented for discharging the stream into an open interior of the vessel and imparting a tangential velocity to the stream. A gas recovery conduit within the separation vessel has an inlet for withdrawing gaseous fluids from within the open interior of the separation vessel at a location below the discharge opening and radially offset from the mixture conduit. An intermediate portion of the gas recovery conduit is located above the inlet within the separation vessel and has a diameter greater than a diameter of the inlet.

主权项

1. An apparatus for separating solid particles from a stream comprising a mixture of gaseous fluids and solid particles, the apparatus comprising:
a separation vessel; a mixture conduit extending vertically into the separation vessel and defining a discharge opening located within the separation vessel and tangentially oriented for discharging the stream into an open interior of the separation vessel and imparting a tangential velocity to the stream; a particle outlet defined by the separation vessel for discharging particles from a lower portion of the separation vessel; and a gas recovery conduit comprising:
an inlet for withdrawing gaseous fluids from within the open interior of the separation vessel at a location below the discharge opening and radially offset from the mixture conduit; andan intermediate portion located above the inlet within the separation vessel having a diameter greater than a diameter of the inlet.