The invention relates to a discontinuously operated desublimator (1) for removing at least one gas component to be desublimated from a gas mixture
stream, the desublimator comprises a housing wall (7), an inlet (2) in the housing wall (7) for supplying the gas mixture
stream to the desublimator (1), an outlet (6) in the housing wall (7) for removing the treated gas mixture
stream from the desublimator (1), a desublimation zone (4) having a temperature controllable flow channel wall, a gas inlet
distributor space (3) between the inlet (2) and the desublimation zone (4) and a gas outlet space (5) between the outlet (6) and the desublimation zone (4), in which the temperature of the flow channel walls is controllable such that the at least one gas component to be desublimated desublimates at the flow channel walls during the loading process, and such that, during a subsequent melting process, the at least one gas component desublimated during the loading process melts at the flow channel walls. According to the invention, at least a first perforated plate (8) is arranged in the gas inlet
distributor space (3) for uniformly distributing the gas mixture flow through flow channels created by flow channel walls of the desublimation zone (4), the distance (AT) of the geometric centre of gravity of said plate from the desublimation zone (4) is in the range of 0 to
Amax, preferably in the range of 0 to 0.5
Amax, and more preferably in the range of 0.03 to 0.3
Amax, where Amax corresponds to the distance between the inlet face (9) of the inlet (2) and the desublimation zone (4), and where the
porosity of the at least first perforated plate is in the range of 5% to 50%, preferably 10% to 30%, more preferably 10% to 20%. The invention further provides a method of operating a desublimator (1) of the invention.