Ceramic packing element
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Norpro Corporation
InventorsHassan S. Niknafs, Robert L. Miller
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Abstract
The invention provides an improved ceramic packing element having the basic shape of a cylinder with an aspect ratio, defined by the diameter to length dimensions that is from 2.7 to 4.5.
Claims8
A ceramic packing element having an essentially cylindrical structure with an axis of symmetry in a direction defining the length of the element and a greatest dimension perpendicular to the length defining the diameter of the element in which the ratio of the diameter to the length is from 2.7 to 4.5, the element being provided with a plurality of internal septa which intersect to define a plurality of first passages through the element, and a larger second passage formed by combining a plurality of the first passages.
A ceramic packing element in which the ratio of the diameter to the length is from 3.0 to 4.4.
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