Methods of and apparatus for removing liquid

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF DEHYDRATING HIGH PRESSURE FLUID STREAMS INCLUDING, FLOWING THE STREAM UNDER HIGH PRESSURE INTO A VESSEL TO CAUSE THE FREE LIQUIDS TO PRECIPITATE DOWNWARDLY THEREIN, DIRECTING THE STREAM INTO A DESICCANT PACK WITHIN THE VESSEL TO REMOVE THE WATER VAPOR THEREFROM, CONDUCTING THE DEHYDRATED STREAM FROM THE VESSEL, CONDUCTING THE SEPARATED LIQUIDS WHILE IN THE LIQUID PHASE FROM THE LOWER END OF SAID VESSEL, HALTING THE FLOW OF THE STREAM THROUGH THE VESSEL WHEN THE DESICCANT PACK BECOMES SATURATED, APPLYING HEAT TO SAID DESICCANT PACK TO VAPORIZE THE WATER CONTAINED THEREIN TO REACTIVE SAID PACK WITHOUT HEATING THE WALLS OF THE VESSEL, AND DIRECTING THE VAPORIZED WATER INTO CONTACT WITH THE RELATIVELY COOL WALL OF THE VESSEL TO CONDENSE THE VAPORIZED WATER WHICH IS DRIVEN FROM THE PACK, WHEREBY THE CONDENSED WATER PRECIPITATES DOWNWARDLY INTO THE LOWER PORTION OF THE VESSEL.