Distillation Equipment Company Ltd

The Boat Yard, Newcastle Road, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 8JZ, United Kingdom

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Distillation Equipment Company Ltd

STRUCTURED Packing
At DtEC we design packed columns with a wide range of structured packing types, which are supplied in full range of surface areas and materials.

Packing Types
Grid Structured Packing Sheet Structured Packing Wire Gauze Structured Packing

Materials
Metal Plastic Ceramic e.g. 410S, 304/304L, 316/316L, 904L, Alloy C276, Alloy 400 e.g. PPL, PVDF & PTFE

GRID Structured Packing

The grid structured packing is supplied in high efficiency or high capacity versions either in 54mm or 70mm layer heights: F-Grid Type 25A F-Grid Type 2 F-Grid Type 3 (shown here and on front cover) (shown below)

F-Grid Type 25A Grid Structured Packing Type 2 gives the highest capacity due to the small triangular projections Column Diameter 2438mm providing superior liquid drainage and low pressure drop. Type 3 has rectangular projections which promote turbulence as the vapour and liquid pass through thus providing the highest efficiency. The capacity of Type 25A is similar to Type 3. The efficiency is lower than Type 3 but greater than Type 2. Grid structured packing is widely used to provide direct contact heat transfer in fouling duties such as: Crude Tower Pump-Around Vacuum Tower Pump-Around Cracked Gas Quench Towers FCC Main Fractionator Slurry Pump-Around All types of DtEC grid structured packing eliminate horizontal planes where liquid and solids can stagnate. Thus the grid packing has a very high resistance to fouling.

F-Grid Type 2 High Capacity Grid Structured Packing Grid structured packing is usually supplied in a thickness of 1.5mm and/or 2mm and is constructed in modules 1524mm x 406mm. Type 2 and 3 layer height is 70mm whilst type 25A layer height is 54mm. DtEC grid structured packing due to its high structural strength and very open construction can withstand extreme upset conditions and large vapour surges without damage.

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SHEET Structured Packing

Sheet structured packing is supplied in two generic forms: High Capacity High Efficiency X Type Y Type Crimp Angle 60 Crimp Angle 45

Packing Specific Surface Area

M-Pak 250Y Structured Packing The column diameter and packed height for a specific duty is directly related to the packing specific surface area irrespective of packing type (high efficiency or high capacity). The most common specific surface areas supplied are: 125 m/m 175 m/m 200 m/m 250 m/m 300 m/m 350 m/m 500 m/m Intermediate surface areas are also available on request. M-Pak 175Y Structured Packing Vacuum Column - Diameter 3200mm

The lower the packing specific surface area, the smaller the column diameter but taller the packed bed height. For most applications an optimum between the diameter and height is achieved when the 125, to 250 m/m surface areas are used.

WIRE GAUZE Structured Packing

For difficult separations requiring a very high number of stages wire gauze structured packing is used which is typically supplied in the following specific surface areas: 500 m/m 750 m/m 1000 m/m 1200 m/m The key advantage of wire gauze structured packing is the high separation efficiency even at very small liquid loads along with its low pressure drop and small liquid hold-up, making it very suitable for distillation of thermally sensitive products. Typical applications are for the distillation of: M-Pak Type A3-500 Fine Chemicals Isomers Fragrances Food Additives (Flavours) Fatty Acids & Alcohols Plastic Monomers Vitamins M-Pak B1-250 Structured Packing Column Diameter 5486mm

M-Pak 750Y Structured Packing

Wire gauze structured packing is not suitable for fouling services and strongly corrosive media. Wire gauze structured packing can be manufactured in any material that is capable of being drawn into wire. It is available in a full range of metals and plastic.

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Ceramic Structured Packing

Structured packing is also supplied in ceramic material for very corrosive services such as: Distillation of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons Bromine Plants Hydrochloric Acid Plants Sulphuric Acid Plants As with metal, structured packing in ceramic is available in high capacity or high efficiency types. The geometric design minimises channelling and radially distributes gas and liquid, thus providing uniform distribution over the entire column cross section. Combined with the much greater surface area than a random packing of equivalent capacity, ceramic structured packing allows considerable improvement in the performance of a column from all aspects - higher capacity, lower pressure drop, better heat transfer and greater separation efficiency.

Ceramic Structured Packing

Ceramic Honeycomb Packing

This type of packing is supplied for Regenerative Thermal Oxidisers (RTOs). It is also used as a support for a catalyst bed or a bed of random ceramic saddles. An RTO is an industrial process for the treatment of contaminated air streams by incineration (oxidation) . Such systems provide a highly efficient and cost effective method for the removal of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and other hazardous air pollutants. In an RTO system, ceramic material is used to provide a heat sink whereby heat is absorbed form the exhaust gas which then is used to preheat the incoming gas stream. High energy efficiency, approximately 95%, is achieved by recovering and re-using the excess heat energy which is created during the combusting of organic materials. Ceramic honeycomb packing is normally supplied in porous cordierite material. It is also available in other materials such as high alumina or porcelain.

No. Material

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Channel Wall Specific Quantity Thickness Surface mm m/m 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.25 0.25 0.25 1335 1010 828 547 1062 749 1062 2544 2140 1842

Weight Applications kg 4.6 5.2 4.4 3.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.2 Regenerative Thermal Oxidisers Heat Exchange Catalyst Support

Porous 150*150*300 60*60 Cordierite 150*150*300 50*50 150*150*300 40*40 150*150*300 25*25 Porous 100*100*100 40*40 Cordierite 100*100*100 26*26 100*100*50 40*40 Porous 100*100 Cordierite 125*100 150*80 80*80 80*80 80*80

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Distillation Equipment Company Ltd

The Boat Yard, Newcastle Road, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 8JZ, United Kingdom Tel: Fax: Email: www: 0044 1785 602810 0044 1785 602811 sales@traysRus.com traysRus.com