Quench system and chamber

Claim 1

A QUENCH SYSTEM FOR THE GASEOUS EFFLUENT OF A GROUPED PLURALITY OF REACTORS HAVING AN IN-LINE ARRANGEMENT OF VALVED DOWNFLOW EFFLUENT OUTLETS COMPRISING: (A) AN ELONGATED HOLLOW VESSEL FORMING A CHAMBER EXTENDING LATERALLY BELOW AND BEYOND ONE END OF THE ROW OF EFFLUENT OUTLETS, SAID CHAMBER HAVING AT ONE END A PREQUENCH SECTION COMMUNICATING ALONG ITS UPPER SIDE WITH SAID EFFLUENT OUTLETS AND AT THE OTHER END A SUBSTANTIALLY ENLARGED QUENCH SECTION BEYOND THE ROW OF EFFLUENT OUTLETS; (B) MEANS FOR INTRODUCING A SPRAY OF PREQUENCH LIQUID INTO SAID PREQUENCH SECTION AT LOCATIONS ADJACENT AND INDIVIDUAL TO THE DISCHARGE ENDS OF SAID EFFLUENT OUTLETS IN A MANNER TO EFFECT GOOD HEAT EXCHANGE CONTACT WITH THE INCOMING EFFLUENT; (C) FIRST BAFFLE MEANS IN THE PATH OF INITIAL FLOW OF THE PREQUENCHED EFFLUENT THROUGH SAID QUENCH SECTION TO DISENGAGE ENTRAINED PREQUENCH LIQUID FROM THE FLOWING EFFLUENT STREAM; (D) MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING PREQUENCH LIQUID FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID PREQUENCH SECTION AND FROM THE INITIAL PORTION OF SAID QUENCH SECTION, COOLING SAID LIQUID, AND THEREAFTER REINTRODUCING THE SAME AS A SPRAY OF QUENCH LIQUID INTO THE ENLARGED QUENCH SECTION OF SAID CHAMBER IN A MANNER TO EFFECT GOOD HEAT EXCHANGE CONTACT WITH THE PREQUENCHED EFFLUENT;