Fluid distribution system

US8348246B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Outotec Oyj · FI

Inventors

• Karl-Heinz Daum · Mainz, DE
• Wolf-Christoph Rauser · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Wolfram Schalk · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 11, 2008
• Grant date: Jan 8, 2013
• Expiry date: Jun 14, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/0396
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A system for distributing a fluid via a packing disposed in a container, the packing configured to have the fluid trickle from a top to a bottom thereof, includes at least one distributor member including a pressure conduit having at least one nozzle configured to discharge the fluid therethrough and a distributor channel adjoining the distributor member. A width of the distributor channel does not substantially exceed a diameter of the distributor member. The distributor channel defines at least one outlet slot disposed at a lower end of the distributor channel. The at least one outlet slot has a specified width and is configured to discharge the fluid from the distributor channel to the packing via a guide member. The distributor channel is configured to receive the fluid discharged from the at least one nozzle so as to provide a specified level of the fluid in the distributor channel. The distributor channel forms a ventable chamber above the specified fluid level. The ventable chamber is configured to maintain a pressure corresponding to a pressure in the container in which the packing is disposed.