The purpose of a Schoepentoeter™ is to decrease the momentum of the feed, perform a first stage separation of solids and liquid from the gas and achieve an even gas distribution across the vessel cross section (Fig. 1). This is obtained by splitting the feed mixture into a series of flat jets. The Schoepentoeter™ inlet device allows for considerable reductions of the vessel height and inlet nozzle size.

Shell Schoepentoeter™		Fig. 1