(119b) Fair Comparison of Packing Performance Data from Different Reference Systems
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2019
2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety
Kister Distillation Symposium
Kister Distillation Symposium 2019: Exciting New Developments in Packing Technology
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 2:05pm to 2:35pm
Engineers are responsible for insuring their company makes wise decisions when purchasing distillation column internals. This task is often complicated by a lack of "apples to apples" performance data on competing products - in which there are a common reference system, similar operating conditions, and equivalent-quality peripherals.
The authors have attempted to use available performance data and published correlations for mass-transfer and capacity for random and structured packing to create a fair comparison basis across different reference systems. This presentation will share our learnings to date.