Vapor-liquid contactor, cryogenic air separation unit and method of gas separation
AssigneeNippon Sanso Corporation
InventorsShigeru Hayashida, Hitoshi Kihara, Hiroshi Kawakami
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Abstract
In an vapor-liquid contactor 4a for flowing down a liquid along the surface of a packing and contacting said liquid with the vapor while ascending the vapor, the improvement being characterized in that said packing is a non-promoting-fluid-dispersion type structured packing A1, A2 in which various types of thin sheets or tubes for determining the flow direction of the above liquid or vapor is laminated and arranged in the perpendicular direction, and said contactor includes at least one fluid distribution unit E1, E2 formed of a rough distribution part C1, C2 to distribute the liquid roughly and a minute distribution part B1, B2 to distribute the liquid minutely and equally.
Claims2
A gas separation method which separates a vapor mixture comprising at least two components into the two components using a vapor-liquid contactor in a column;
- wherein said method comprises:
- a) providing a vapor-liquid contactor including a non-promoting-fluid dispersion structured packing formed of various thin-sheets or tubes which direct the flow of said mixture vertically, said non-promoting-liquid-dispersion structured packing having a specific surface area of 350 m2/m3 or more;
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- b) contacting said vapor and liquid countercurrently on the surface of said packing under a pressure of from 0.08 to 0.4 MPa, and at a vapor load of 1.8 m/s (kg/m3)½ or more in superficial F factor.
A gas separation method which separates a vapor mixture comprising at least two components into the two components using a vapor-liquid contactor in a column;
- wherein said method comprises:
- a) providing a vapor-liquid contactor including a non-promoting-fluid dispersion structured packing formed of various thin-sheets or tubes which direct the Pow of said mixture vertically, said non-promoting-liquid-dispersion structured packing having. specific surface area of 350 m2m3 or more, and
- b) contacting said vapor and liquid countercurrently on the surface of said packing under a pressure of from 0.4 to 2.0 MPa, and at a vapor load of 1.0 m/s (kg/m3)½ or more in superficial F factor.
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