Liquid distributor for mass-transfer and heat-exchange columns (US Patent 4981265)

Patent number: 4981265 Granted: 1991-01-01 Filed: 1989-03-09 Inventors: Ulrich Buhlmann (Biel-Benken, CH) Assignees: Kuhni AG. (Allschwil, CH)

Abstract

The liquid distributor has several horizontal channels (2), the sidewalls (6, 7) of which are penetrated by vertical or inclined drain slots (10) spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the channel. At each drain slot, a plate-shaped baffle element (12) projects from the channel sidewalls (6, 7). The baffle element (12) has a baffle surface (11)