Vapor horn.

摘要

A vapor horn (11) for a chemical process tower (10) incorporating a plurality of directional flow vanes (162) within a 360 degree housing. The vapor horn is disposed in flow communication with the vapor nozzle (32) and assembled with a plurality of equally spaced flow vanes positioned for intercepting and diverting the vapor flow downwardly within the tower for generating a substantially homogenous vapor region inwardly thereof. The homogenous vapor generated by such a vapor horn will comprise a turbulent, gaseous region having sufficiently uniform kinetic energy to present a substantially even ascension front into the tower region thereabove. The individual vanes of the vapor horn are configured and staggered within the housing for selectively diverting the vapor flow and separating liquid therefrom. <IMAGE> <IMAGE>