Structured packing module for use in a mass transfer column and method of assembly
AssigneeKoch-Glitsch, LP
InventorDarran Headley
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Abstract
A structured packing module for use in a mass transfer column. Corrugated sheets of structured packing in the structured packing module are held together by fasteners that extend into the corrugated sheets from opposite sides of the structured packing module at an angle of inclination or perpendicularly with respect to the sides of the structured packing module. The fasteners may have an outer surface with protrusions or indentations that resist removal of the fasteners from the structured packing sheets.
Claims26
A structured packing module comprising:
- a plurality of individual structured packing sheets that are arranged sequentially in an upright, parallel relationship to each other, wherein a front face of a first one of the structured packing sheets forms one side of the structured packing module and a rear face of a last one of the structured packing sheets forms a second side of the structured packing module that is opposite from said first side;
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- fasteners that extend into the structured packing sheets from the first and second sides of the structured packing module at an angle of inclination with respect to the first and second sides of the structured packing module.
A structured packing layer comprising a plurality of structured packing modules positioned in end-to-end and side-to-side relationship, each of the structured packing modules comprising:
- a plurality of individual structured packing sheets that are arranged sequentially in an upright, parallel relationship to each other, wherein a front face of a first one of the structured packing sheets forms one side of the structured packing module and a rear face of a last one of the structured packing sheets forms a second side of the structured packing module that is opposite from said first side,
- wherein each of the structured packing sheets is corrugated with parallel corrugations and the structured packing sheets are arranged so that the corrugations of each one of the structured packing modules extend at an oblique angle to the corrugations of adjacent ones of the structured packing modules;
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- fasteners that extend into the structured packing sheets from the first and second sides of the structured packing module at an angle of inclination with respect to the first and second sides of the structured packing module.
A structured packing module comprising:
- a plurality of individual structured packing sheets that are arranged sequentially in an upright, parallel relationship to each other, wherein a front face of a first one of the structured packing sheets forms one side of the structured packing module and a rear face of a last one of the structured packing sheets forms a second side of the structured packing module that is opposite from said first side,
- wherein each of the structured packing sheets is corrugated with parallel corrugations and the structured packing sheets are arranged so that the corrugations of each one of the structured packing modules extend at an oblique angle to the corrugations of adjacent ones of the structured packing modules,
- wherein the structured packing sheets are arranged so that the structured packing module is in the form of a cube, a rectangular cuboid or a parallelepiped;
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- fasteners that extend into the structured packing sheets from the first and second sides of the structured packing module at an angle of inclination of between 30 and 80 degrees with respect to the first and second sides of the structured packing module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.