Fractionating device

Abstract

Abstract FRACTIONATING APPARATUS COMPRISING VERTICALLY SPACED PARTITIONS, EACH PARTITION BEING SUBSTANTIALLY IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE COLUMN FROM ONE SIDE WALL TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE WALL, SUCH PARTITIONS BEING APERTURED, AND FORMING A SERIES OF ENCLOSED SPACES, SUCH PARTITIONS PREFERABLY FORMED FROM A CORRUGATED METAL SHEET, A VAPOR OR VAPOR MIXTURE TO BE SEPARATED PASSING UPWARDLY THROUGH TGHE HOLES IN THE PARTITIONS AND IN CONTACT WITH A CONDENSED LIQUID FILM FLOWING DOWNWARDLY ALONG THE SURFACE OF THE HORIZONTAL PARTITIONS AND THE VERTICAL INTERMEDIATE WALLS, PROVIDING AN EFFICIENT FRACTIONATION. IN A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT, A PLURALITY OF SUCH FRACTIONATING UNITS ARE POSITIONED PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER, WITH A PASSAGE OR PASSAGES FOR AN EXTERNAL HEAT TRANSFER FLUID PROVIDED BETWEEN ADJACENT UNITS TO SUPPLY HEAT TO OR TO REMOVE HEAT FROM THE ADJACENT FRACTIONATING UNITS.

Inventors

• 👤 Michael L Hoffman
• 👤 Robert L Hoskinson

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