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Chapter 1

Basic information

1.1. Basic information about packed bed columns

Up to now more than 5000 papers and patents connected with packed
bed columns have been published. Some of the best books related to these
apparatuses are given in the references [3-10],

1.1.1. Short description of a packed bed column

A principle scheme of a packed bed column is presented in Fig. 1 [4].
The apparatus consists of the body 1, in a cylindrical or parallelepiped form, in
which on the support grid 3 the packing 2 is installed.

4 1
y /\ /% /\

2
A
5 / \ 3

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3

Fig. 1. Principle scheme of a packed bed column

A distributor 4 for the liquid phase is mounted over the packing. The
gas phase enters the apparatus trough pipeline 5, it flows trough the packing 2,