IP Library Granted Patent US 10,661,240
Granted Patent B2
US 10,661,240 · App. 15/776,657 · Granted May 26, 2020

Particle disengagement device

Inventor: Cian Seamus Carroll (Katy, TX)
Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
B01J8/0065B01D45/04B01D45/08B01J8/0055B01J8/24B04C5/26B04C9/00C10G11/18B01J2208/00849B01J2208/00991
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,661,240
App. No.
15/776,657
Granted
May 26, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A particle disengagements device comprising a baffle plate, wherein the baffle plate comprises one or more guide baffles and one or more separation baffles, wherein the one or more guide baffles and the one or more separation baffles define one or more air flow paths and one or more solid flow paths and associated systems and methods.

Claims (13)

1. A particle disengagement device comprising:

a circular baffle plate,

wherein the baffle plate comprises one or more guide baffles and one or more separation baffles,

wherein the one or more guide baffles and the one or more separation baffles define one or more air flow paths and one or more solid flow paths;

wherein the one or more guide baffles and the one or more separation baffles each comprise a protrusion having a length in the range of from 0.1 to 8 inches;

wherein the one or more guide baffles are spaced apart a distance in the range of from 4 inches to 25 inches; and

wherein the one or more separation baffles are spaced apart a distance in the range of from 4 inches to 25 inches.

2. The particle disengagement device of claim 1 , wherein the baffle plate has a diameter in the range of from 1 meter to 15 meters.

3. The particle disengagement device of claim 1 , wherein the baffle plate has a height in the range of from 1 to 20 inches.

4. The particle disengagement device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more guide baffles comprise 10 to 50 guide baffles and the one or more separation vessel comprise 10 to 50 separation baffles.

5. The particle disengagement device of claim 1 , wherein the baffle plate has a baffle arrangement comprising one or more parallel rows of guide baffles and separation baffles.

6. The particle disengagement device of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion has a rectangular cross-sectional shape.

7. The particle disengagement device claim 1 , wherein the one or more guide baffles and the one or more separation baffles define one or more flow paths.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 7, 2022
From: SHELL OIL COMPANY
To: SHELL USA, INC.
Reel/Frame 059694/0819 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2018
From: CARROLL, CIAN SEAMUS
To: SHELL OIL COMPANY
Reel/Frame 046173/0088 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62259126 · Nov 24, 2015
Related Publication 20190022616A1 · Jan 24, 2019