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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2005
Michael Alan Richard, Fulshear, TX (US);
Paul Michael Mcallister, Houston, TX (US);
Anne Taylor Coleman, Richmond, TX (US);
Johannes Leopold Marie Syrier, Houston, TX (US);
Alouisius Nicolaas Renée Bos, Amsterdam, NL;
Michael Alan Richard, Fulshear, TX (US);
Paul Michael McAllister, Houston, TX (US);
Anne Taylor Coleman, Richmond, TX (US);
Johannes Leopold Marie Syrier, Houston, TX (US);
Alouisius Nicolaas Renée Bos, Amsterdam, NL;
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A process for selecting shaped particles for use in a tube which is capable of being packed with shaped particles to form a packed bed in the tube. A desired value of one or more properties of the packed bed is defined. The dimensions of the shaped particles are calculated such that a packed bed in the tube of the shaped particles having the calculated dimensions meets or substantially meets the desired value(s), and shaped particles are selected in accordance with the calculated dimensions. The properties of the packed bed may be the volume fraction which is occupied by shaped particles, the packing density, and the resistivity for a gas flowing through the packed bed.