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EP 0052030 B1 19830413 - DEVICE FOR COLLECTING A FREE FALLING LIQUID, AND ITS USE IN A COUNTER-CURRENT LIQUID-GAS CONTACTING INSTALLATION

Title (en)

DEVICE FOR COLLECTING A FREE FALLING LIQUID, AND ITS USE IN A COUNTER-CURRENT LIQUID-GAS CONTACTING INSTALLATION

Publication

EP 0052030 B1 19830413 (FR)

Application

EP 81401609 A 19811015

Priority

FR 8024018 A 19801112

Abstract (en)

[origin: US4385010A] The invention provides a device for receiving a liquid which falls freely in the form of a shower or the like, of the type comprising a receiving wall which is inclined to the vertical and directs the received liquid into a trough which extends along the lower edge of the receiving wall. The devices comprise in the flow path of the liquid received on the inclined wall and before the liquid enters the trough, means for substantially reducing or eliminating the vertical velocity component of the liquid when it enters the trough. The disclosure is also directed to such a device employed in countercurrent installations for putting a liquid in contact with a gas.

IPC 1-7

F28F 25/04

IPC 8 full level

F28F 25/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

F28F 25/04 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10S 261/11 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10S 261/85 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0052030 A1 19820519; EP 0052030 B1 19830413; AT E3084 T1 19830415; DE 3160185 D1 19830519; FR 2493718 A1 19820514; FR 2493718 B1 19821210; US 4385010 A 19830524; US 4416835 A 19831122

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 81401609 A 19811015; AT 81401609 T 19811015; DE 3160185 T 19811015; FR 8024018 A 19801112; US 31937281 A 19811109; US 45525383 A 19830103