Sulzer Chemtech

Shell ConSep Trays

Exceeding the limits:
highest capacity tray on the market!
Sulzer Chemtech can offer mass transfer devices in
conjunction with Shell Global Solutions with a capacity
up to 80% higher than conventional trays and up to
50% higher than any other high performance tray while
maintaining high mass transfer efciency - the Shell
ConSep trays. These trays can be used reliably in
renery, petrochemical and offshore applications, and
have now been successfully tested at independent
Fractionation Research Institute (F.R.I.).

Description

ConSep trays utilise the principle of de-entrainment

by centrifugal force to remove the gravitational limitation of jet ood. Separation of the entrained liquid
before entering the next tray allows very high vapor
velocities to be achieved in the column. The ConSep
tray combines the large bubbling area and liquid
handling capacity of the contacting Shell HiFi trays
and a centrifugal separator in a single stage (Figure 1):
Con(tact) and Sep(arator). The trays have been
successfully applied in systems with vapor to liquid
ratios close to unity, such as Main Fractionators and
Debutanizers. Tray deck consists of sieves, movable
or xed valves.

0603 2508

Picture 1
ConSep with HiFi downcomer
arrangement

Tray Deck
ConSep Tray

Separator Deck

Tray Deck
ConSep Tray

Figure 1

Separator Deck

0603 2509

Sulzer Chemtech Ltd.

P.O. Box 65
CH-8404 Winterthur, Switzerland
Phone +41 (52) 262 50 28
Fax
+41 (52) 262 01 82
E-mail chemtech@sulzer.com
Internet www.sulzerchemtech.com

Sulzer Chemtech USA, Inc.

4019 S. Jackson Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74107
Phone +1 (918) 446-6672
Fax
+1 (918) 445-6670

Sulzer Chemtech Pte. Ltd.

11 Tuas Avenue 18
SGP-63 88 95 Singapore
Phone +65 6863 75 60
Fax
+65 6861 15 16

0600 2569-4

Why use Shell ConSep Technology?

Highest capacity tray available on the market:
above system limit
Ideal for increasing existing plant capacity
(revamps): Can replace existing high performance
trays 1-for-1 without any welding to the tower wall
with up to 50% more capacity
Experience with renery and natural gas liquids
applications
Application at low tray spacing can provide lower
reboiler and condenser duties
Proven technology. Excellent reliability based on
actual operating experience, extensive research
and development, and now proven at FRI (Table 1)
Comparison based on FRI results
iC4/nC4 at 11 bar
0.00
140

0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

0.30

0.35

0.40

0.45

VGPlusTM

120

Efciency, %

Cs (ft/s)

ConSep tray

100
80

competitor HC tray

60

54%

40

0.02

0.04

0.06

0.08

0.10

Capacity factor Cs, (m/s)

Picture 2: FRI tested tray

Country

Year Service

Diam. Project type

mm

UK

1995 Debutanizer

1874 Revamp

Australia

1997 Debutanizer

1829 Revamp

Australia

1997 Debutanizer

1700 Revamp

Singapore 1998 Debutanizer

2100 Revamp

Germany

20
0
0.00

0604 2512

0.12

0.14

2000 Hydrocracker
unit Main
Fractionator 2200 Revamp

Table 2: ConSep tray applications

Table 1: FRI test results

Experience
Several Debutanizers and a hydro cracking unit Main
Fractionator have been tted with ConSep trays in
recent years (see Table 2).
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Applications
Typical applications are Deethanizer, Depropanizer,
Debutanizer, Main Fractionator, Pump-around, C2 Splitter, C3 Splitter and for cases above the system limit.