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US 5,194,231 AGranted
Packing in or for a vessel
AssigneeCitten Fluid Technology Limited
InventorsMartin J. Gough, Stephen R. M. Ellis, John V. Rogers
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AssigneeCitten Fluid Technology Limited
InventorsMartin J. Gough, Stephen R. M. Ellis, John V. Rogers
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A packing for a vessel to contact fluid therein wherein the packing comprises a plurality of insert units, each insert unit comprising a plurality of transversely extending elements disposed longitudinally along the insert unit and angularly thereabout wherein a portion of each transverse element lies in close proximity to a first individual conceptual surface characterized in that the insert units are disposed in side-by-side relationship in a regular manner and the cross-sectional area between adjacent individual conceptual surfaces of adjacent insert units at least at one position longitudinally of the plurality of insert units is no greater than the maximum cross-sectional area within an individual conceptual surface of an insert unit between two adjacent transversely extending elements thereof at any cross-section longitudinally of the plurality of units.
A packing for a vessel wherein the packing comprises a plurality of insert units, each insert unit comprising an elongate core having a plurality of transversely extending elements disposed at different longitudinal positions along the elongate core and at different angular orientations about the elongate core, wherein the plurality of insert units are disposed in side by side relationship in a regular manner with the elongate core of each insert unit being disposed externally of each adjacent insert unit and at least one transversely extending element of each insert unit is interstitially disposed relative to transversely extending elements of an adjacent insert unit.
A method of making a packing for placement in a vessel to contact fluid therein comprising taking an array comprising a plurality of insert units disposed in side-by-side relation, each insert unit comprising an elongate core having a plurality of transversely extending elements disposed at different longitudinal positions along the elongate core and at different angular orientations about the elongate core wherein a portion of each transversely extending element adjacent a peripheral surface of the array lies in close proximity to a first conceptual overall enveloping surface comprising essentially of the step of acting on the transversely extending elements adjacent said peripheral surface to cause a portion thereof to lie in close proximity to a second conceptual overall enveloping surface of different cross-sectional area than said first conceptual overall enveloping surface and to cause at least one transversely extending element of a unit to be interstitially disposed relative to transversely extending elements of an adjacent unit.
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