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bayshine wrote:so I'm thinking a six inch bubble cap plate then three 4 inch plates

Dominator wrote:A inline thumper is not too unlike a big single bubble cap. Here is a very rough digram of an inline thumper with multiple external valves. The arrows show the vapour direction. It makes its way up the smaller center tube, down between the outer wall of the center tube and inner wall of the larger tube then out through holes or slots in the bottom of the larger tube then the vapour is forced through the liquid bath and on to the main column.

kiwikeg wrote:
I like the picture dom it demonstrates a inline thumpa very clearly...
So my question is why do people include downcomers of some sort with a inline thumpa when a traditional offset thumper functions fine without any form of downcomer? Surely a inline thumpa is no more likely to flood than a offset one