Abstract: An apparatus for separating liquid and associated liquid vapor from a gas stream by contacting liquid brine in concurrent flow through and across a plurality of stages and direct contact with a bed of calcium chloride within an upper portion of the apparatus to remove a final portion of liquid from the gas stream. The improvement being in the tapered bed of desiccant material and the stage configuration. Each of the stages has an upper tray and a lower tray connected thereto with a central conduit connected to the upper tray enabling liquid brine to traverse from the upper to the lower tray. A plurality of mixing housings extend from above the liquid level in the lower tray to slightly above the upper tray and each has a base housing coaxial therewith and of a larger diameter which extends from the lower tray to slightly below a lower end of the corresponding mixing housing.