Combined packing-tray in a vapor-liquid contacting tower and a process for effecting operation with high capacity and high turndown ratio
US6345811B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 27, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 27, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J2219/3325
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A vapor-liquid contacting tower having a tray deck, at least one downcomer and a structure packing layer in the space under the vapor-liquid bubble contacting tray wherein the tray deck has an opening such that vapor ascends upward through the opening to come into contact with the liquid flowing across the tray deck to form a froth in which the vapor and the liquid on the tray deck creates cross-flow bubble contact and with the structural dimensions of the tray deck and downcomer providing for at least 90 vol % of the total liquid flowing across the tray deck flows downwardly through the downcomer to the adjacent deck.
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