Preliminary Program subject to change
T8004 New and Exciting Packing Applications: Continuing the Heritage of Kunesh, Sakata and Zuiderweg
OverviewUtilizing packing performance in distillation.
Primary SponsorTopical 8: Distillation Topical (T8)
Co-Sponsor(s)Fuels and Petrochemicals Division (16)

Chair

Henry Z. Kister
Senior Fellow and Director of Fractionation Technology
Fluor Corporation
3 Polaris Way
Aliso Viejo, CA 92698
Phone Number: 949-349-4679
Email: henry.kister@fluor.com

CoChair

Michael D. Pritchett
Consultant
Consultant
331 Melrose Drive
Suite 121
Richardson, TX 75080
Phone Number: 972-437-9136
Fax Number: 972-437-5443
Email: mpritchett@attglobal.net
Introductory Remarks
Tribute to Frits Zuiderweg
The Performance of Random Packing for High Pressure Distillation Systems
Frits Zuiderweg1, John Kunesh2, T. Yanagi3, Tony Cai1, A. Shariat1 and G.X. Chen1, (1)Fractionation Research, Inc., P.O. Box 2108, Stillwater, OK 74076, (2)Past Chair, Separations Division, Consultant, P.O. Box 377, Red River, NM 87558, (3)WorleyParsons, 181 West Huntington Drive, Monrovia, CA 91016
Reaching New Performance Levels with Surface Enhanced Raschig Super-Pak Structured Packings
Michael Schultes, Raschig Ring Department, RASCHIG GMBH, Mundenheimerstr. 100, Ludwigshafen, Germany and Simon Chambers, Raschig-Ringe, RASCHIG GMBH, Mundenheimerstr. 100, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Experimental Characterization of High Performance Montz Structured Packings
Zarko Olujic1, Thomas Rietfort2, Helmut Jansen3, Bjoern Kaibel3, Egon Zich3, Gerhard Ruffert4 and T. Zielke4, (1)Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 44, Delft, 2628 CA, The Netherlands, (2)Engineering, Julius Montz GmbH, Hofstrasse 82, Hilden, 40723, Germany, (3)Julius Montz GmbH, Hofstrasse 82, Hilden, 40723, Germany, (4)Bayer Technology Services GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany
Break
Experiences with the Quality Rating and Evaluation of Liquid Distributors
Jefferey Scherffius and Henry Z. Kister, Fluor Corporation, 3 Polaris Way, Aliso Viejo, CA 92698
Performance of Liquids Recovery Plant Demethanizer
Glenn Shiveler, Applications - Gas Processing Group, Sulzer Chemtech USA, Inc., 4019 South Jackson Ave., Tulsa, OK 74107 and Derrick Oneal, Thomas Russell Co., 7050 South Yale Avenue, Suite 210, Tulsa, OK 74136
A Novel Kind of Higee – Rotating Zigzag Bed
G. Q. Wang, Z. C. Xu, Y. L. Yu and J. B. Ji, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
A New Approach to Intensify the Structured Packing
Weiyang Fei, Suojuan Luo and Xinyue Song, Dept. of Chem. Eng, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Concluding Remarks

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