Better sieve tray. Add packing

Journal Article · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988 · Hydrocarbon Process.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6834960

Salem, A B.S.H.; Alsaygh, A A

Some conclusions from the authors' investigation are as follows: Packing on sieve trays significantly improves mass transfer by increasing interfacial area. Packing increases the average degree of separation of sieve tray tower more than 20%. Stacked stainless steel packing of 11.5 cm height gave the highest purity. Optimum height may be about 10 cm for our tower. A pressure drop increase of about 30% results in the case of using packing. Using packing gives an increase of 21% in the overall tower efficiency and 22.5% in the Murphree efficiency of the vapor phase.

• Research Organization: Qatar Univ., Doha (QA)
• OSTI ID: 6834960
• Journal Information: Hydrocarbon Process.; (United States), Journal Name: Hydrocarbon Process.; (United States) Vol. 67:5; ISSN HYPRA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
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ALLOYS
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS
DENSITY
EFFICIENCY
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
LOADING
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS HANDLING
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
PERFORMANCE
PETROLEUM REFINERIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SEPARATION EQUIPMENT
STAINLESS STEELS
STEELS
TOWERS