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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2023
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Clive Chalk, Wrexham, GB;
Patrick Alan Houghton, Emmaus, PA (US);
Jonathan Wilson, Cheshire, GB;
Carl Thord Sacks, Macungie, PA (US);
George Amir Meski, Allentown, PA (US);
AIR PRODCUTS AND CHEMICALS, INC., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and process for distillation column fabrication can include forming multiple distillation column packing units that are positionable in a column to define a single packing section so that multiple columns of packing can be positioned in parallel with each other within a single distillation pressure vessel. Each of these multiple columns can have a pre-selected cross-sectional shape, such as a hexagonal shape, and each packing unit can have the same cross-sectional shape (e.g. hexagonal). Each column can include a riser, or distributor, attached to its upper or top portion. A plurality of outer jigsaw seal elements can be arranged between the outer portion of the columns and the inner wall of the pressure vessel. Each packing unit can include a plurality of layered corrugated sheets that are provided in a pre-selected arrangement to facilitate gas and liquid separation via the packing.