BREW COLUMN FOR PRODUCING ALCOHOL Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: alcohol industry. SUBSTANCE: column has: exhausting and concentrating sections constructed in the form of in-series connected drums; brew sprinkler connected with brew-inlet fitting disposed in upper part of drum in exhausting section of column; vapor phase-takeoff fitting; and phlegm- return fitting connected with corresponding pipeline. In transition drum positioned between exhausting and concentrating parts of column, bearing and skimming gauze cones with shaping members are disposed. Concentrating section is filled with spiral-prismatic charge placed on bearing gauze cone. Above spiral-prismatic charge, phlegm sprinkler is located in the form of distillate distributor connected with phlegm- return pipeline. EFFECT: improved design. 5 cl, 5 dwg