LIQUID COLLECTOR AND REDISTRIBUTOR FOR PACKED COLUMN

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for collecting/redistributing a flow of liquid descending in an exchange column for storing a layer of packing. SOLUTION: The apparatus includes: a plurality of horizontally spaced longitudinal members, each member having an inner side and an upper end a...

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Hauptverfasser: KOVAK KENNETH W, CHALK CLIVE, SAWYER STEPHEN GRAHAM
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for collecting/redistributing a flow of liquid descending in an exchange column for storing a layer of packing. SOLUTION: The apparatus includes: a plurality of horizontally spaced longitudinal members, each member having an inner side and an upper end adjacent a bottom of the layer of packing; at least one plate vertically spaced from the bottom of the layer of packing, each plate adapted to collect a portion of the flow of the descending liquid and having opposing ends connected to the inner sides of a pair of the longitudinal members; and at least one vapor riser in communication with the plate and adapted to receive and transmit at least a portion of a stream of vapor ascending in the exchange column from below to above the plate, each vapor riser having a cap vertically spaced apart from the bottom of the layer of packing. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT