Optimized packing structure for fluid contacting column and manufacturing method
AssigneesIfp Energies Nouvelles, Herakles
InventorsJohn ROESLER, Alain LACOMBE
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a packing structure made up of an ordered arrangement of bundles of tubes (1). For each tube bundle, tubes (1) are oriented in the four directions formed by the diagonals of a rectangular parallelepiped having one dimension larger than the others.
Claims19
A packing structure for a fluid contacting column, said structure forming a volume comprising an ordered arrangement of bundles of tubes, the walls of said tubes comprising orifices provided so as to promote circulation and mixing of the fluids in said structure, characterized in that each bundle comprises four tubes respectively oriented in the four directions formed by the diagonals of a rectangular parallelepiped, said rectangular parallelepiped having one side dimension larger than the others.
A method of manufacturing a packing structure for a fluid contacting column, wherein the following stages are carried out:
- a) manufacturing tubes comprising orifices arranged so as to promote circulation and mixing of the fluids in the structure,
- b) constructing an ordered assembly of said tubes by juxtaposing bundles of tubes, said tube bundles comprising four tubes respectively oriented in the four directions formed by the diagonals of a rectangular parallelepiped, said rectangular parallelepiped having one dimension larger than the others, and
- c) linking tubes together at the contact portion thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.