Packing structure for fluid containing column and manufacturing method
View Patent ↗A packing structure according to the invention for a fluid contacting column forms a volume comprising an ordered arrangement of bundles of tubes of diameter ranging between 5 and 50 mm. The walls of the tubes comprise orifices which promote circulation and mixes fluids in the structure. The orifices are inscribed in rectangles whose sides range between 2 and 45 mm, and each one of the orifices extends over a surface area greater than 2 mm 2 .
1. A packing structure for a fluid contacting column, comprising a volume including an ordered arrangement of bundles of tubes of a diameter ranging between 5 and 50 mm wherein walls of the tubes comprise orifices promoting circulation and mixing of the fluids in the structure, each of the orifices being inscribed in a rectangle with sides ranging between 2 and 45 mm, and each orifice extending over a surface area greater than 2 mm 2 .
2. A packing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a ratio of surface area of the orifices to the surface area of a solid part of a tube ranges between 10% and 90%.
3. A packing structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein a space between adjacent orifices is not greater than twice a diameter of the tube.
4. A packing structure as claimed in claim 2 wherein a space between adjacent orifices is not greater than twice a diameter of the tube.
5. A packing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the tubes comprise a cloth of at least two strips forming two crossed helices extending along a same axis and with an identical diameter and the strips being spaced apart to form the orifices.
6. A packing structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the tubes comprise a cloth of at least two strips forming two crossed helices extending along a same axis and with an identical diameter and the strips being spaced apart to form the orifices.
7. A packing structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the tubes comprise a cloth of at least two strips forming two crossed helices extending along a same axis and with an identical diameter and the strips being spaced apart to form the orifices.
8. A packing structure as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the tubes comprise a cloth of at least two strips forming two crossed helices extending along a same axis and with an identical diameter and the strips being spaced apart to form the orifices.
9. A packing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the strips comprise at least one of the following materials: carbon congealed by carbon deposition, metal, ceramic, a thermoplastic material and a thermosetting material.
10. A packing structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the strips comprise at least one of the following materials: carbon congealed by carbon deposition, metal, ceramic, a thermoplastic material and a thermosetting material.
11. A packing structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the strips comprise at least one of the following materials: carbon congealed by carbon deposition, metal, ceramic, a thermoplastic material and a thermosetting material.
12. A packing structure as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the strips comprise at least one of the following materials: carbon congealed by carbon deposition, metal, ceramic, a thermoplastic material and a thermosetting material.
13. A packing structure as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the strips comprise at least one of the following materials: carbon congealed by carbon deposition, metal, ceramic, a thermoplastic material and a thermosetting material.
14. A packing structure as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the strips comprise at least one of the following materials: carbon congealed by carbon deposition, metal, ceramic, a thermoplastic material and a thermosetting material.
15. A packing structure as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the strips comprise at least one of the following materials: carbon congealed by carbon deposition, metal, ceramic, a thermoplastic material and a thermosetting material.
16. A packing structure as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the strips comprise at least one of the following materials: carbon congealed by carbon deposition, metal, ceramic, a thermoplastic material and a thermosetting material.
17. A packing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each bundle comprises two tubes respectively oriented in different directions.
18. A packing structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each bundle comprises two tubes respectively oriented in different directions.
19. A packing structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein each bundle comprises two tubes respectively oriented in different directions.
20. A packing structure as claimed in claim 4 , wherein each bundle comprises two tubes respectively oriented in different directions.
21. A packing structure as claimed in claim 5 , wherein each bundle comprises two tubes respectively oriented in different directions.
22. A packing structure as claimed in claim 6 , wherein each bundle comprises two tubes respectively oriented in different directions.
23. A packing structure as claimed in claim 7 , wherein each bundle comprises two tubes respectively oriented in different directions.
24. A packing structure as claimed in claim 8 , wherein each bundle comprises two tubes respectively oriented in different directions.
25. A packing structure as claimed in claim 9 , wherein each bundle comprises two tubes respectively oriented in different directions.
26. A packing structure as claimed in claim 10 , wherein each bundle comprises two tubes respectively oriented in different directions.
27. A packing structure as claimed in claim 11 , wherein each bundle comprises two tubes respectively oriented in different directions.
28. A packing structure as claimed in claim 12 , wherein each bundle comprises two tubes respectively oriented in different directions.
29. A packing structure as claimed in claim 13 , wherein each bundle comprises two tubes respectively oriented in different directions.
30. A packing structure as claimed in claim 14 , wherein each bundle comprises two tubes respectively oriented in different directions.
31. A packing structure as claimed in claim 15 , wherein each bundle comprises two tubes respectively oriented in different directions.
32. A packing structure as claimed in claim 16 , wherein each bundle comprises two tubes respectively oriented in different directions.
33. A packing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each bundle comprises four tubes respectively oriented in four different directions.
34. A packing structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each bundle comprises four tubes respectively oriented in four different directions.
35. A packing structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein each bundle comprises four tubes respectively oriented in four different directions.
36. A packing structure as claimed in claim 4 , wherein each bundle comprises four tubes respectively oriented in four different directions.
37. A packing structure as claimed in claim 5 , wherein each bundle comprises four tubes respectively oriented in four different directions.
38. A packing structure as claimed in claim 6 , wherein each bundle comprises four tubes respectively oriented in four different directions.
39. A packing structure as claimed in claim 7 , wherein each bundle comprises four tubes respectively oriented in four different directions.
40. A packing structure as claimed in claim 8 , wherein each bundle comprises four tubes respectively oriented in four different directions.
41. A packing structure as claimed in claim 23 , wherein the four tubes are respectively oriented in four directions of a cube.