Type of packings and characteristics of their geometry can affect the flow behavior in the reactive distillation columns. KATAPAK SP is one the newest modular catalytic structured packings (MCSP) that has been used in the reactive distillation columns, recently. However, there is not any study on the hydrodynamics of this packing by using computational fluid dynamics. In the present work, a 3D ...

This paper describes the results of an experimental and modelling study on hydrodynamics of MellapakPlus packing operated under counter-current gas-liquid flow. The experimental work was focused on measuring the pressure drop, liquid holdup and capacity limit of this packing at specific liquid loads of up to 80 m/m/h. Experimental results for the air/water system confirm that MellapakPlus packi...

An innovative-structured packing (for distillation and absorption columns) based on cylindrical wires is 3D printed in polyamide stainless steel. Several configurations are designed by modifying some geometrical parameters, such as the wire diameter length. Hydrodynamic mass transfer studies executed structures a reference internal (Mellapak 250Y) to characterize their performances. These new p...

The liquid axial dispersion inside modern structured packings (Sulzer Mellapak™ 500.Y, Raschig Super-Pak 350Y) and one random packing of the 4th generation (Raschig Super-Ring 0.3) was measured by means computed tomography. As gas velocity is known to have little effect on at low hydraulic load, all experiments were conducted without countercurrent flow loads B = 10, 15, 20 m3m−2h−1 in a column...