Shaped packing element
AssigneeNorton Chemical Process Products Corporation
InventorFrank Rukovena
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Abstract
A packing element with a plurality of symmetrically disposed subdivisions within a cylindrical body member provides a very strong, high temperature and corrosive media resistant structure with a large surface area. The elements are of great utility as dumped packing elements in mass transfer applications.
Claims8
A shaped packing element comprising a cylindrical body member having an axial length with a uniform cross-section between end portions thereof and comprising a plurality of chord members within the body member wherein each end of a chord member is contiguous with an end of another chord member, and a plurality of radial septa members extending from the axis of the cylinder to at least as far as the mid-point of a chord member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.