Fluid distribution and contacting elements
OwnerStephen R. Ellis, Theodore R. Bott +2inventors
InventorsStephen R. Ellis, Theodore R. Bott, Howard E. Kay, Noel Hughes
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Abstract
A packing element for a fluid-fluid, fluid-solid, contacting de-entrainment or reaction apparatus is made from wire using two or more parallel wires which are loosely twisted together, the twisted bundle then being wound into a helix, and the helix then being twisted about a second pair of heavier gauge wires which form a core, so that the individual loops of the helix are spaced helically about the central core, the individual wires being slightly separated from one another to form gaps which can be bridged by a liquid, and encourage capillary flow so as to wet the whole of the packing area.
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An article for use as a packing element or turbulator, said article comprising at least two elongate core members twisted together to form a central core with gaps between the core members, and a plurality of convolutions comprising a plurality of filaments and having portions thereof trapped within the gaps between the core members and held thereby in a configuration such that the convolutions collectively extend in helical fashion about the central core.
An article for use as a packing element of turbulator, said article comprising at least two elongate core members twisted together to form a central core with gaps between the core members, and a plurality of convolutions comprising a plurality of filaments and having portions thereof trapped within the gaps between the core members and held thereby in a configuration such that the convolutions collectively extend in helical fashion about the central core, characterised in that each convolution comprises at least two loop portions.
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