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Mass exchange column with exchange plates

US7552915B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Linde GmbH · DE

Inventors

Stefan Hieringer · Burgkirchen an der Alz, DE
Anton Moll · Raisting, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 20, 2006
Grant date	Jun 30, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 28, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01D3/20
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A column for mass exchange between a liquid and a gas includes at least one pair of adjacent exchange plates, formed by an upper exchange plate and a lower exchange plate. The column also includes a drain shaft for passing liquid between the upper exchange plate and the lower exchange plate, and a recessed inlet cup located underneath a bottom end of the drain shaft. The bottom of the inlet cup is recessed relative to the surface of the lower exchange plate. The recessed inlet cup extends over only one part of the cross-section of the bottom end of the drain shaft.

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