Abstract:
A liquid mixing collector 1 is disclosed which comprises a first and a second sump zone, 10, 20, a first and optionally a second liquid collection region, 40, 50, a first and a second interspersed set, 60, 70, of spaced apart liquid collection channels 80 positioned in a first liquid collection region 40; said first set 60 being associated with said first sump zone 10; said second set 70 being associated with said second sump zone 20; wherein adjacent liquid collection channels 80 of the first and second sets, 60, 70, are vertically displaced from each other in one of at least two to four parallel horizontal planes 100. The present invention also relates to a column comprising said collector 1, the use of said collector 1 in a mass transfer or heat exchange column, and a method of collecting and mixing descending liquid in a column.
Abstract:
A static devolatilisation apparatus (1) for germ reduction of a fluid is disclosed. The apparatus (1) comprises a housing (10), an inlet (12), an outlet (14), a fluid-contacting surface (20) comprising a biocide (22) embodied to reduce the germ count of the fluid (2), wherein the fluid-contacting surface (20) is a fluid-contacting surface (20) of a static mixing element (30). The present invention further relates to a process for reducing the germ count of a fluid containing germs (2') using the apparatus (1) and also to the use of the apparatus (1) in the germ reduction of fuel oil, of food products, or water decontamination, preferably decontamination of waste water, industrial process water, or the treatment of drinking water.
Abstract:
Packungslage (1) für eine strukturierte Packung (20), wobei die Packungslage (1) mehrere Strukturelemente (2) umfasst und die Strukturelemente (2) derart ausgestaltet und angeordnet sind, dass sie eine erste Feinstrukturierung (3) bilden, und wobei benachbarte Strukturelemente (2) einen ersten Abstand (a) aufweisen, wobei die Packungslage (1) mehrere Ausbuchtungen (4) umfasst, die derart ausgestaltet und angeordnet sind, dass sie eine zweite Feinstrukturierung (5) bilden, und wobei benachbarte Ausbuchtungen (4) einen zweiten Abstand (b) aufweisen. Erfindungsgemäss sind die Strukturelemente (2) und die Ausbuchtungen (4) lochfrei ausgestaltet.