Structured Packings
Structured Packing from Sheet Metal
- MOC : Stainless steels, 904L, 254SMO, Duplex, SS410S, Titanium, Hastelloy, etc.
- Sizes : 50 mm to 8.0 m diameter.
- Application : Standard application, Moderate vacuum to high pressure, Low to high liquid loading.
- F-factor : 1.2 to 3.5
- Surface area : 60 to 750 m2 /m3
- NTSM : 1.0 to 4.5
Structured Packing from Wiremesh
- MOC : Stainless steels, Carbon steel, Phosphor bronze, or any metal/alloy according to customer request.
- Sizes : 25 mm to 3.0 m diameter.
- Application : High vacuum to low pressure. Good for where low pressure drop required. High no. of stages per meter. Highly efficient even at low liquid loading.
- F-factor : 1.5 to 2.2
- Surface area : 500 to 750 m2 /m3
- NTSM : 6 to 9
High Capacity Structured Packing from Sheet Metal
- MOC : Stainless steels, 904L, 254SMO, Monel, Hastelloy, or any metal/alloy according to customer request.
- Sizes : Up to 8.0 m diameter.
- Application : High liquid loading, High vapour loading, Useful for heat-sensitive systems. Very low pressure drop.
- F-factor : 2.2 to 3.0
- Specific surface area : 250-750 m2 /m3
- NTSM : 2.2 to 5.0
Reactive Distillation Packing
- MOC : According to customer request. High separation efficiency.Reaction capacity/rate can be high. Flexible design of catalyst element. Can be used in laboratory columns.
- Diameter : 50 - 500 mm
- Surface area : 150 to 750 m2 /m3
- NTSM : 1.0 to 3.0
Structured Grid Packing
- MOC : Stainless steels, SS410S, Duplex, Monel, Hastelloy, Carbon steel, or according to customer request.
- Application : : Fouling systems, corrosive environment, where frequent cleaning or replacement needed.
- Sheet Thickness : 1.0 - 2.0 mm
Grid Packing
- MOC : Stainless steels, SS410S, Duplex, Monel, Hastelloy, Carbon steel, or according to customer request.
Laboratory Packing (Wiremesh)
- Standard MOC : SS, others on request. Suitable for heat-sensitive systems.
- NTSM : 20 - 40 Pressure drop low, 0.1 to 0.4 mbar/stage.Suits low liquid load 0.05 m3 /m2 h. Can be used for high vacuum to 2 mbar. Can be scaled up easily.
- Diameter : 25 - 100 mm
Knitted Structured Packing
- MOC : Stainless Steel, others on request.
- Application : Separations where high no of theoretical stages are required due to its high efficiency. Heat sensitive materials such as fine chemicals, flavors & fragrance, pharmaceutical intermediates due to lower pressure drop by this packing.
Packing for Liquid-Liquid Extraction
This is a specially designed packing combination made from sheet metal for liquid-liquid extraction.
- MOC : Stainless steels, Carbon steel, or any metal/alloy according to customer request. Available upto 3 m diameter.
- Sizes : 100 mm to 300mm
- Application : Corrosive systems
- Temperature : Up to 150° C
Typical Performance Characteristics
Performance characteristic curves for three models of Structured Packing are given underneath. The values plotted in the graphs are mean values and were obtained by using standard/ideal test mixtures. Production plant data/results may vary marginally from system to system
Performance Curves
NTSM : Number of theoretical stages per meter packing height [ m-1 ]
F-factor : A measure of vapour throughput 
