Ceramic packing element
OwnerHassan S. Niknafs, Richard N. Robinette +3inventors
InventorsHassan S. Niknafs, Richard N. Robinette, Stephen L. Dahar, Thomas Szymanski, John Reid
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Abstract
The invention provides an improved ceramic bed limiter packing element having a uniform cross-section in the length direction with the basic shape of a bow-tie and having a plurality of through passages parallel to the length dimension.
Claims10
A ceramic packing element having an essentially uniform cross-section along an axis passing through the center of the element and about which the element is symmetrical defining the length of the element, and first and second concave external surfaces at the ends of height and width axes respectively perpendicular to the length direction, said concave surfaces being connected by surfaces that are selected from convex surfaces and convex surfaces connected to the concave surfaces by relatively short intermediate flat surfaces, and the element being provided with at least three through passages in the length direction.
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