Catalytic distillation structure
AssigneeChemical Research & Licensing Company
InventorsClifford S. Crossland, Gary R. Gildert, Dennis Hearn
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Abstract
A bale shaped catalytic distillation structure formed by placing multiple link or continuous tube shaped structures on top of a wire mesh screen, such as demister wire, arrayed at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the bale, such that when the wire mesh screen is rolled up, the rolled structure provides a catalytic distillation structure. The tube comprises flexible, semi-rigid open mesh tubular element filled with a particulate catalytic material, the tube shaped structure having a fastener every 1-12 inches in length to form a multiple link.
Claims12
A catalytic distillation structure comprising a first plurality of flexible, semi-rigid open mesh tubular elements filled with a particulate catalytic material, sealed at both ends, supported by a wire mesh screen coiled into a spiral having a longitudinal axis, said tubular elements being arrayed at an angle to the longitudinal axis.
A catalytic distillation structure comprising:
- a first stack having a sheet of wire mesh screen with at least one multiple link tubular element containing particulate catalytic material placed on top of said screen in a diagonal direction;
- a second stack having a second sheet of wire mesh screen with at least one multiple link tubular element containing particulate catalytic material placed on top of said second screen in a diagonal direction;
- wherein said second stack is placed upon said first stack such that the at least one tubular element of the second stack is perpendicular to the at least one tubular element of the first stack, and the first and second stack are rolled to form a bale.
A catalytic distillation structure comprising:
- a first stack having a sheet of wire mesh screen with at least one continuous tubular element containing particulate catalytic material placed on top of said screen in a diagonal direction;
- a second stack having a second sheet of wire mesh screen with at least one continuous tubular element containing particulate catalytic material placed on top of said second screen in a diagonal direction;
- wherein said second stack is placed upon said first stack such that the at least one tubular element of the second stack is perpendicular to the at least one tubular element of the first stack, and said first and second stack are rolled to form a bale.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.