ELEMENT OF CHECKER FOR RECTIFYING TOWER Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: fractionating towers for production of alcohol. SUBSTANCE: element of checker for rectifying tower is made in form of prism or truncated pyramid formed by wire turns made from anticorrosive material. Each turn is made in form of open n-gon; end of last side of n-gon of previous turn is connected with beginning of first side of n-gon of subsequent turn; adjacent turns are turned relative to each other through angle Φ forming (2n-1)-point star in projecting two adjacent turns of element on plane perpendicular to central axis of element; angle v satisfies the following condition: . EFFECT: enhanced efficiency. 3 dwg