Patent ID: 6991222
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: B01J,F25J,F28F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A packed section in an exchange column, the packed section including a plurality of vertically adjacent layers of corrugated structured packing, each layer having a top and a bottom, the packed section comprising: a first layer of corrugated structured packing comprising a first corrugated structured packing element having an upper edge adapted to intermesh with an adjacent lower edge of a second corrugated structured packing element; and a second layer of corrugated structured packing located above and vertically adjacent the first layer of corrugated structured packing, the second layer comprising the second corrugated structured packing element having the lower edge adapted to intermesh with the adjacent upper edge of the first corrugated structured packing element, wherein each of the corrugated structured packing elements has a plurality of corrugations forming alternating peaks and troughs across at least a portion of at least one surface of the corrugated structured packing element, and wherein the upper edge of the first corrugated structured packing element intermeshes with the adjacent lower edge of the second corrugated structured packing element, thereby reducing at least one uncontrolled gap between the bottom of the second layer of corrugated structured packing and the top of the first layer of corrugated structured packing.