Optimal corrugated structured packing

A method for installing a structured packing in an exchange column, comprising the steps of:

• providing an exchange column;
• providing a structured packing having a surface area density in the range of about 500 m2/m3 to about 675 m2/m3, comprising a plurality of corrugated plates disposed in vertically parallel relation, each plate having at least one aperture and a plurality of regularly spaced and substantially parallel corrugations disposed in crisscrossing relation to the corrugations of an adjacent plate, wherein the apertures have an equivalent diameter less than about 4 millimeters but greater than about 2 millimeters, and wherein the corrugations have a corrugation angle (α) relative to horizontal in the range of about 40° to about 60° and each corrugation, when approximated to be a substantially triangular cross-section, has an included angle (β) defined by two sides of the corrugation in the range of about 90° to about 100°;
• and
• installing the structured packing in the exchange column.

A method for installing a structured packing in an exchange column, comprising the steps of:

• providing an exchange column;
• providing a structured packing having a surface area density in the range of about 500 m2/m3 to about 675 m2/m3, comprising a plurality of corrugated plates disposed in vertically parallel relation, each plate having a plurality of regularly spaced and substantially parallel corrugations disposed in crisscrossing relation to the corrugations of an adjacent plate, and wherein the corrugations have a corrugation angle (α) relative to horizontal in the range of about 40° to about 60° and each corrugation, when approximated to be a substantially triangular cross-section, has an included angle (β) defined by two sides of the corrugation in the range of about 90° to about 100°, and wherein at least one corrugation has a root radius (r) in the range of about 0.1 millimeters to about 3.0 millimeters;
• and
• installing the structured packing in the exchange column.