Adsorption Carrier Column Gap Filling with Deformable Plugs
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional radial flow columns experience bypassing due to gaps at the inlet and outlet plates, leading to insufficient utilization of adsorption carriers, and existing countermeasures like filling these gaps with resins are cumbersome and pose safety risks.
Innovation Solution
Insertion materials with deformation rates matching or exceeding those of the adsorption carriers are used to fill the gaps between the adsorption carriers and plates, ensuring uniform flow and preventing bypassing, while allowing the adsorption carriers to function optimally.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If gaps are filled with resin to prevent bypassing, then flow uniformity is improved, but device complexity and safety risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a simple plug structure instead of complex resin filling procedures. The plug is a disposable or easily replaceable component that fills the gap between the fiber bundle and outlet, preventing bypassing without requiring complex manufacturing processes or safety precautions associated with resin handling.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the gap-filling function from the complex resin filling process and implements it through a simple plug component. This separates the flow uniformity function from the complex manufacturing process, achieving the same effect with much simpler means.
2Reliability
If resin is used to fill gaps, then bypassing is reduced, but operability and versatility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The plug is designed as a simple, easily installable component that can be quickly inserted and removed without complex procedures. This dramatically improves operability compared to resin filling, which requires mixing, application, and curing steps, while still effectively preventing bypassing.
3Manufacturing precision
If reactive resins are mixed and applied, then gap filling is achieved, but safety risks and carrier deterioration increase
Solution Approach 1:
The plug eliminates the need for reactive resins entirely. It is a simple mechanical component that fills the gap through physical presence rather than chemical bonding, completely avoiding the risk of chemical reactions with the fiber bundle while achieving the same gap-filling effect.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution effectively reduces bypassing and enhances the performance of the adsorption carriers by ensuring uniform flow and maximizing their capacity, improving the efficiency of the radial flow column.
Implementation Method 1
insertion materials having deformation rates of not less than the deformation rate of the adsorption carrier
Data Source
AI summary
An adsorption carrier-packed column includes a central pipe, adsorption carrier, plate A, and plate B, wherein an insertion material C is inserted between the adsorption carrier and the plate A; an insertion material D is inserted between the adsorption carrier and the plate B; the ratio of the deformation rate of the insertion material C (C1) to the deformation rate of the adsorption carrier (E0) is 1<C1/E0<10, and the ratio of the deformation rate of the insertion material D (D1) to the deformation rate of the adsorption carrier (E0) is 1<D1/E0<10; and the ratio of the thickness of the insertion material C (TC) to the distance of a gap between the adsorption carrier and the plate A (LA) is 1.1<TC/LA<4, and the ratio of the thickness of the insertion material D (TD) to the distance of a gap between the adsorption carrier and the plate B (LB) is 1.1<TD/LB<4.