Structured packing for gas phase reactor

A structured packing module for a gas phase reactor, comprising a cylindrical shaped structured packing having a central axis extending along a longitudinal direction, wherein the structured packing comprises:

• a plurality of corrugated sheets, each corrugated sheet extending circumferentially around the central axis and having a first end and a second end spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction;
• wherein each corrugated sheet comprises corrugations extending between the first end and the second end and disposed at an acute angle with respect to a line parallel to the central axis, wherein the acute angle is greater than or equal to 5 degrees and less than or equal to 30 degrees;
• wherein the corrugated sheets are arranged to radially overlap with each other such that the corrugations of adjacently disposed corrugated sheets are arranged in a crisscross relationship;
• wherein the adjacently disposed corrugated sheets are in direct contact with each other;
• wherein the corrugations comprise a plurality of alternatingly arranged and linearly extending crests and troughs extending from the first end up to the second end;
• wherein the structured packing module comprises a gas flow path comprising at least one inter-sheet gas flow path defined between the adjacently disposed corrugated sheets;
• and
• wherein the first ends of the corrugated sheets define an input end of the gas flow path, and wherein the first ends of the adjacently disposed corrugated sheets are arranged such that crests of one of the adjacently disposed corrugated sheets is in contact with troughs of other of the adjacently disposed corrugated sheets.