Tuesday, April 28, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 18/19 (Tampa Convention Center)
#64 - New Frontiers in Packing Technology (T8003)
This session of our 6-session Distillation 2009 Topical Conference addresses some of the latest advances in the field, including experiences with some state-of-the art random packings and with tower internals such as distributors that make or break packing performance. Diagnostic techniques that identify causes of poor performance and lead us to better designs are the subject of three presentations. The diagnostics highlighted range from the best and latest in technology, like x-ray and CAT-scan radiography, CFD’s, gamma scans, neutron backscatter, all the way to the time-tested and always robust technique of differential pressure measurement which can be surprisingly tricky at times. Finally, chemical treatment, when properly applied, can stop polymerization, fouling, and corrosion, from hurting good distillation performance as will be discussed with the good practices highlighted.
Chair:Henry Z. Kister
CoChair:Michael D. Pritchett
1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
1:40 PM64aPacked Tower Internals Important to Tower Efficiency
Frank Rukovena Jr., Tony Cai
2:10 PM64bOn-Line Troubleshooting Techniques for Packed Distillation
Lowell Pless
2:40 PM64cFlow Field Visualization in Structured Packing Using Real Time X-Ray Radiography
Scott Allen Owens, R. Bruce Eldridge
3:10 PM64dPressure Drop Measurements on Distillation Columns
Tony Cai, A. Shariat, Mike Resetarits
3:40 PM Coffee Break sponsored by Amistco Separation Products
3:55 PM64eINTALOX® ULTRA™ - An Improved Random Packing
Izak Nieuwoudt, Pat Quotson
4:25 PM64fRaschig Super-Ring - Fourth Generation Random Packing Keeps Customer Excited in Performance
Michael Schultes, Simon Chambers
4:55 PM64gDesign Guidelines for Chemical Treatments in Distillation Columns
Karl Kolmetz, Marilyn Blaschke, Wai Kiong Ng, Jeff N. Gray
5:25 PM Concluding Remarks

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