Support device for a packed column
AssigneeNorton Company
InventorsKenneth Robinson, Frank Rukovena, Jr.
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Abstract
A support device for supporting a packing material in a packed column having an upwardly flowing gas and a downwardly flowing liquid. The device comprises a plate having a plurality of formations. Each formation comprises spaced side walls connected by an upper wall, with apertures being provided in the side walls to permit the flow of the gas therethrough. A collecting channel is provided on at least one of the formations to collect the downwardly flowing liquid. The formations have a plural-skin construction to reduce the amount of liquid flowing through the apertures. The formations are provided with streamlining in order to improve the efficiency of gas flow.
Claims12
A support device for supporting a packing material and collecting a portion of liquid flow in a packed column of a counterflowing gas and liquid contact apparatus comprising:
- support means including a circumferential sump extending about and at least one other sump extending across the support device supported within and by the column;
- a plate having a plurality of juxtaposed elongate members and upwardly extending formations thereon extending between the sumps and each formation comprising at least one spaced pair of side walls extending upwardly from the elongate members of the plate and adapted to permit the flow of said gas into and through the formations;
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- liquid collecting means provided on top of at least one of the formations and situated adjacent the said side walls for collecting and directing a portion of the liquid to an edge of the plate and into one of said sumps adjacent the edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.