Liquid distribution strip

A gas and liquid contact apparatus in which gas and liquid flow in cross flow relation to one another, comprising, in combination, at least one pair of generally vertically aligned spaced contact bodies, each of which includes a pair of opposed generally horizontally extending edges respectively defining liquid inlet and outlet edges and a pair of opposed generally vertically extending edges respectively defining gas inlet and gas outlet edges in the contact bodies, the vertical edges of said contact bodies being located in generally vertical alignment, and wherein the liquid outlet edge of the upper of said two bodies is located above and slightly spaced from the liquid inlet edge of the lower of the two bodies to define a space therebetween;

• said contact bodies each being formed of first and second sets of corrugated sheets having corrugations disposed in a direction extending generally between said opposed vertical edges;
• said sheets of said first set being disposed alternately with the sheets of said second set with the corrugations of the said first set crossing the corrugations of said second set, said crossed corrugations defining passageways penetrating from one vertical edge to the other vertical edge of said body, the corrugations of said corrugated sheets bearing against one another in such a way that the sheets touch where the crests of their respective corrugations cross, the corrugations of said first set of sheets being inclined upwardly in the direction of the gas flow, the corrugations of said second set of sheets inclining downwardly in the direction of gas flow, the inclinations of said crossed corrugations being non-symmetrical relative to the gas stream entering said gas inlet edge of the contact body, the corrugations of said first set of sheets having a greater inclination to said horizontal plane than the corrugations in said second set of sheets and defining a bisector of the angle between said corrugations of said two sheets inclining downwardly in a direction opposite to the direction of the air flow, and a liquid impervious liquid distribution strip located in said space between the opposed horizontal edges of the contact bodies and extending only along the gas outlet edges thereof and only a limited distance into the space between said contact bodies to cover only a limited portion of the horizontal liquid outlet edge of the contact body immediately thereabove, thereby to deflect liquid adjacent the gas outlet edge of the upper contact body towards the center of said contact apparatus in a direction towards the gas inlet edge thereof and directly into the liquid inlet edge of the lower contact body.

A gas and liquid contact apparatus in which gas and liquid flow in cross relation to one another comprising, in combination, at least one pair of generally vertically aligned spaced contact bodies, each of which includes a pair of opposed generally horizontally extending edges respectively defining liquid inlet and liquid outlet edges and a pair of opposed generally vertically extending edges respectively defining gas inlet and gas outlet edges in the contact bodies, and wherein the liquid outlet edge of the upper of said two bodies is located above and slightly spaced from the liquid inlet edge of the lower of the two bodies to define a space therebetween;

• said contact bodies each being formed of first and second sets of corrugated sheets having corrugations disposed in a direction extending generally between said opposed vertical edges;
• said sheets of said first set being disposed alternately with the sheets of said second set with the corrugations of the said first set crossing the corrugations of said second set, said crossed corrugations defining passageways penetrating from one vertical edge to the other edge of said body, the corrugations of said corrugated sheets bearing against one another in such a way that the sheets touch where the crest of their respective corrugations cross, the corrugations of said first set of sheets being inclined upwardly in the direction of the gas flow, the corrugations of said second set of sheets inclining downwardly in the direction of gas flow, the inclinations of said crossed corrugations being non-symmetrical relative to the gas stream entering said gas inlet edge of the contact body, the corrugations of said first set of sheets having a greater inclination to said horizontal plane than the corrugations in said second set of sheets and defining a bisector of the angle between said corrugations of said two sets of sheets inclining downwardly in a direction opposite to the direction of the air flow, and a liquid impervious liquid distribution strip located in said space between the opposed horizontal edges of the contact bodies and extending along the gas outlet edges thereof to deflect liquid adjacent the gas outlet edge of the upper contact body towards the gas inlet edge thereof and into the liquid inlet edge of the lower contact body;
• said liquid distribution strip being adjustably mounted in said space between said contact bodies to permit adjustment of the amount of penetration of said strip between said bodies inwardly of said gas outlet edges.