Development of a Method for Loading and Unloading Packed Contact Devices in Heat and Mass-Exchange Column

Existing designs of mass-exchange packed columns have a significant drawback: the complexity and duration of loading and replacing the packed contact devices: Raschig rings, Berl seats, Intalox seats, etc. The problem is aggravated by the large time costs of orderly laying of the packing elements in the mass-exchange column. The use of regular packing (plane-parallel, corrugated, honeycomb, wire) in columns is most often economically unprofitable, which is why irregular packing, namely ceramic Raschig rings, is most often used in industry. Therefore, the development of an automated method for loading and unloading contact packing devices in a mass-exchange column can be widely used in the chemical and petrochemical industries, as it will significantly reduce the time allocated for replacing the packing, which will lead to a decrease in equipment downtime.