Structured packings

For mass and heat

transfer processes
Structured packings from
RVT Process Equipment

RVT Process Equipment GmbH

provides a broad range of innovative
and conventional structured packings
in both metallic and thermoplastic
materials for different applications.

Lattice structured packing

Hiflow® PLUS

Corrugated sheet
structured packing
made of PTFE

Corrugated sheet
structured packing
made of PP

Corrugated sheet
metal structured packing

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RMP The typical application fields for met-
al structured packings are processes

RVT Metal Structured Packings

with following operating conditions:
low irrigation densities
high gas loads
low pressure drop
high separation efficiency required
These operating conditions are
common in many vacuum distillation
and rectification processes in the
chemical and petrochemical indus-
RMP is RVT‘s corrugated sheet metal try, as well as in amine scrubbers,
RMP N Specific RMP S Specific C3-, C4-splitters and applications RMP N 250Y structured packing RMP N 250Y structured packing
structured packing line. surface area surface area in the field of fine chemicals. with smooth surface with perforated and smooth surface
Conventional structured packings, Packing size m2 /m3 Packing size m2 /m3
The RMP packings are available
characterized by a constant corru- 64 X / Y 64 125 125 in different specific surface areas
gation angle of 45° ( Y-type ) or 60° and corrugation angles as well as
( X-type ) to the horizontal, are rep- 90 X / Y 90 250 250
in several finishing varieties:
resented by RVT‘s RMP N whereas 125 X / Y 125 350 350
the high capacity line RMP S and SP 170 X / Y 170 smooth or textured surface
are characterized by a smooth tran- RMP SP Specific perforated or unperforated
200 X / Y 200
sition of the 45°corrugation angle in surface area
250 X / Y 250 Packing size m2 /m3 X ( 60° ) or Y ( 45° )
the center to an almost vertical, 90°
350 X / Y 350 corrugation angles
corrugation angle at each end of the 250 - 1 250
metal sheet. standard ( type N ) or high-capaci-
250 - 2 250 ty ( type S ) corrugation geometry
0.1 to 0.4 mm ( 0.004 to 0.016 in )
metal sheet thickness
materials: carbon steel, stainless RMP N 250Y structured packing RMP N 250Y structured packing
steel, others on request with textured surface with perforated and textured surface

Distillation performances of several RMP N packing types have been measured at the
Separation Research Program ( SRP ) under a wide range of operating conditions and pressures.
Following diagrams show the distillation performance results
of the most commonly used structured packings RMP N 250Y.

RMP N 250Y – Separation Efficiency RMP N 250Y – Pressure drop

Cyclohexane / n-Heptane, Total Reflux Cyclohexane / n-Heptane, Total Reflux
0,8 100
0.165 bar 0.165 bar
0.33 bar 0.33 bar
1.65 bar 1.65 bar
4.14 bar 4.14 bar
0,6 10

Pressure drop / mbar / m

HETP / m
0,4 1

0,2 0,1

0 0,01
0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3 3,5 4 0,1 1 10
Gasfactor FG / ( m/s ) ( kg/m3 ) 0.5

View of a packing layer before assembly into the column

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RPP Hiflow® PLUS Structured Packings
RVT Plastic Structured Lattice plastic for Special
Packings structured packing Process Conditions
The RPP structured packing line is RVT‘s family
Application Fields
of corrugated sheet structured packings made
of thermoplastics. The conventional, N and high Typical applications for Hiflow® PLUS
capacity, S packing geometries as described for are flue gas scrubbers, strippers
the metal structured packings are also available ( e. g. chlorinated hydro­carbons ),
For applications with particular operating
in the RPP line. pre-coolers in air separation plants
conditions, RVT Process Equipment offers
or amine scrubbers for CO2 separation
The RPP packings are available in PE, PP and PVDF structured packings made of highly resistant
from flue gases as well as heat
( others on request ). plastics such as PTFE.
recovery scrubbers.
Typical applications are HCI absorbers,
In some of these applications, the gas SO2 absorbers as well as extraction
RPP N Specific flows to be treated have attained processes with operating temperatures
surface area increasingly large throughput volumes, up to a maximum of 130 °C.
Packing size m2 /m3 such as in CCS or SO2 separation
processes from flue gases by means
250 Y 250 of scrubbing. This leads to even
greater column diameters and there­-
RPP S Specific -fore to high investment costs. Here,
surface area Hiflow® PLUS packing offers distinct
Packing size m2 /m3 Hiflow® PLUS is a product that com- advantages as the column diameter
bines the advantages of random and the pressure drop can be
250 250 tower packing and conventional reduced without significantly affecting
structured packings while reducing the mass transfer efficiency.
Packings with other specific surfaces the limitations of these two mass
The main performance characteristics
are also available on request transfer components.
and advantages of Hiflow® PLUS are:
This lattice structured packing type
lower pressure drop than random
is particularly suitable for applica-
tower packing
tions that require high capacities at Structured packing made of PTFE
high liquid loads. improved cross flow compared in corrugated sheet structure,
to conventional structured packings spec. surface area 300 m2/m3
The development of Hiflow® PLUS ( packings with other specific surface
was inspired by the Hiflow® ring, economic production due to areas available on request )
which has a long and successful his- reduced raw material requirement
tory with industrial applications.
no wall wipers required
Ceramic structured packings are
Specific easy installation and installable mainly used for even higher temperatures
Hiflow® PLUS
surface area in a horizontal or vertical column, and corrosive process conditions.
m2 /m3 consequently reducing packing RVT Process Equipment offers
Packing type
transportation costs and installation conventional ceramic structured packings
180
# 1 time and cost at jobsite, in both X ( 60° ) and Y ( 45° ) corrugation
100 angles as well as with specific surface
# 2 standard liquid distributor
80 areas from 125 to 450 m2/m3.
# 3 as designed for random packing
can be used
Available raw materials:
RPP N structured packing type PP, PE, PPH, others on request. significantly improved resistance
against fouling in comparison
to conventional structured packings

Ceramic structured packing

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Range of products The way to
RVT Process Equipment

Tower packings for

mass and heat transfer

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Bad Marktrodach Naila
Neustadt B 279 Coburg B 173 Exit
a.d.Saale Kronach
B4
Naila
Column internals A7 B 303 Lichtenfels
B 85
Staffelstein B 303 Bad
B 173
Schweinfurt B 303
B 279
Kulmbach Berneck
A 73
A 70
A 70
Exit
Bad
Exit Werneck Bayreuth Berneck
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Mass transfer trays Werneck Bamberg Intersection
Bamberg A9
Würzburg
B 505
A3 Pegnitz
Frankfurt/Köln A 73
Intersection
Biebelried
Biological A3
Erlangen B 85
carrier media
A7
A9
B 470
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processes
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Structured packings
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