Patent ID: 6713158
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: B01J,F25J,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A structured packing element comprising:an array of vertically oriented corrugated sheets having perforations; each of said corrugated sheets having a top portion, a middle portion and a bottom portion, all of said portions having corrugations at an angle of inclination from horizontal; at least some of said corrugated sheets having corrugations with angles of inclination in said middle portion that are smaller than angles of inclination in at least one of said top and bottom portions; and one or more planar members positioned between at least one pair of adjacent corrugated sheets, and at least one outermost horizontal edge of said planar members being situated proximal to a horizontal edge of said pair of adjacent corrugated sheets each of said corrugations having a corrugation width and each pair of adjacent corrugated sheets having at least one planar member positioned therebetween and said at least one planar member having a length shorter than a length of said each pair of adjacent corrugated sheets but equal to at least two times said corrugation width of said corrugations.