US 11,754,100 B2
Use of treating elements to facilitate flow in vessels
John N. Glover, Houston, TX (US); Peter Gregory Ham, Houston, TX (US); and Austin Schneider, Humble, TX (US)
Assigned to CRYSTAPHASE PRODUCTS, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by CRYSTAPHASE PRODUCTS, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/509,248.
Application 17/509,248 is a continuation of application No. 17/062,371, filed on Oct. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,156,240.
Application 17/062,371 is a continuation of application No. 16/746,394, filed on Jan. 17, 2020, granted, now 10,876,553.
Application 16/746,394 is a continuation of application No. 16/379,266, filed on Apr. 9, 2019, granted, now 10,738,806.
Application 16/379,266 is a continuation of application No. 16/105,781, filed on Aug. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,655,654.
Application 16/105,781 is a continuation of application No. 15/720,751, filed on Sep. 29, 2017, granted, now 10,161,428.
Application 15/720,751 is a continuation of application No. 15/676,603, filed on Aug. 14, 2017, granted, now 10,054,140.
Application 15/676,603 is a continuation of application No. 15/265,405, filed on Sep. 14, 2016, granted, now 9,732,774.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/314,069, filed on Mar. 28, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/294,768, filed on Feb. 12, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0042528 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. F15D 1/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/30 (2006.01); B01J 8/04 (2006.01)
CPC F15D 1/00 (2013.01) [B01J 8/04 (2013.01); B01J 8/0453 (2013.01); B01J 19/30 (2013.01); B01J 2208/0084 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00672 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00938 (2013.01); B01J 2208/025 (2013.01); B01J 2208/027 (2013.01); B01J 2219/30207 (2013.01); B01J 2219/30211 (2013.01); B01J 2219/30215 (2013.01); B01J 2219/30219 (2013.01); B01J 2219/30296 (2013.01); B01J 2219/30416 (2013.01); B01J 2219/30475 (2013.01); B01J 2219/30483 (2013.01); B01J 2219/315 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
 
1. A vessel for treating a process stream, the vessel comprising:
a first processing zone containing a plurality of randomly packed processing materials;
a second processing zone containing a plurality of randomly packed processing materials; and
a redistribution zone located between the first processing zone and the second processing zone, the redistribution zone comprising a mix of both processing materials and treating elements, the treating elements having one or more openings formed therein or therethrough,
wherein the redistribution zone is directly adjacent to the first processing zone, and wherein the processing materials in the first processing zone are sized such that at least some of the processing materials can migrate into the redistribution zone to create a combo-zone having both processing zone functionality and treating zone functionality,
and wherein the processing materials comprise catalyst and the treating elements comprise a material other than the catalyst of the processing materials,
and wherein the treating materials are larger in size than the processing materials, and wherein the depth of the redistribution zone is less than the depth of the first processing zone and less than the depth of the second processing zone.