Patent ID: 7052000

Claim:
A liquid distributor for packed columns and/or solid insert columns with individual layers disposed horizontally and participating in heat exchange and/or mass transfer, said layers comprising at least one layer of the column formed as a distributor layer with a greater density than other layers of the column and configured for a damming up and flooding, said at least one layer having a specific surface area for a distribution of the liquid which is greater by a factor of 1.5 to 10, than the specific surface area of the layers lying above and below the at least one layer, said at least one layer having a cross channel structure comprised of a plurality of strips with lateral surfaces lying against one another and provided with ribs transverse to a longitudinal direction of the strip, the strips being so arranged that the ribs of strips in contact with one another cross each other, the height of said at least one layer being 0.01 to 0.5 m.