Inventors:
Philip O. Haddad - Alvin TX
Kenneth R. Colura - Lake Jackson TX
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company - Midland MI
International Classification:
B01D 2102
Abstract:
Apparatus and method for gravitational separation of solids and liquid from a suspension wherein the suspension is flowed through a multiplicity of non-connected, substantially non-nesting contactors whose external surfaces are substantially non-planar to facilitate contact of the suspension with more contactor surfaces and to prevent the alignment of the contactors in such a manner so as to present the suspension flow with substantially horizontal or substantially vertical contact surfaces.