CN204816464U - A lightness -removing column for petrochemical - Google Patents

A lightness -removing column for petrochemical Download PDF

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CN204816464U
CN204816464U CN201520495165.0U CN201520495165U CN204816464U CN 204816464 U CN204816464 U CN 204816464U CN 201520495165 U CN201520495165 U CN 201520495165U CN 204816464 U CN204816464 U CN 204816464U
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李辉玉
蓝跃刚
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ZHUHAI CHANGLIAN PETROCHEMICAL EQUIPMENT CO Ltd
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The utility model discloses a lightness -removing column for petrochemical, main content is: the gusset is installed on basic crown plate, the apron is installed on the gusset, opening fairlead gusset is installed at skirt cylindrical inner hole, the liquid outlet pipe is installed in opening fairlead gusset, the tower body bottom keeps warm and supports the circle to install on the skirt outer wall, the ellipsoidal head is installed on the skirt top at the bottom of the tower, the ellipsoidal head centre bore is connected at the bottom of the liquid outlet guan yuta, the ellipsoidal head centre bore is installed and is prevented the whirlpool baffle at the bottom of the tower, down install at the bottom of the tower on the ellipsoidal head top surface barrel bottom, conical shell bottom fixed mounting is under on the barrel top surface, well barrel bottom fixed mounting is on the top surface of conical shell, the support fixed mounting that packs down just is close to well barrel bottom on well barrel inner wall, top of the tower davit fixed mounting is on the side of last barrel, and install on the top surface of last barrel top of the tower ellipsoidal head bottom, and top of the tower ellipsoidal head center is equipped with the gas outlet.

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A kind of lightness-removing column for petrochemical industry
Technical field
The utility model relates to petrochemical production device technical field, specifically, and particularly a kind of lightness-removing column for petrochemical industry.
Background technology
Lightness-removing column is the mass transfer apparatus using the filler in tower as gas-liquid two-phase Contact component.The tower body of lightness-removing column is vertical cylinder always, and supporting plate is equipped with in bottom, and filler is to huddle or the mode of whole block is placed on support plate.Hold-down grid is installed, in case blown by ascending air in the top of filler.Liquid sprays filler from tower top through liquid distribution trough, and flows down along filling surface.Gas is sent at the bottom of tower, and after distribution device in gas-fluid (minor diameter tower does not generally establish distribution device in gas-fluid) distribution, be the space that adverse current continues through packing layer with liquid, on filling surface, gas-liquid two-phase close contact carries out mass transfer.Lightness-removing column belongs to continuous contact gas-liquid mass transfer (contact) equipment, and two phase compositions are along tower height consecutive variations, and under normal operating condition, gas phase is continuous phase, and liquid phase is decentralized photo.The de-light weak effect of current most of lightness-removing column, and inefficiency.
Utility model content
Technical problem to be solved in the utility model is that, for above-mentioned deficiency of the prior art, provide a kind of lightness-removing column for petrochemical industry, it is large that it has production capacity, separative efficiency is high, and pressure drop is little, and liquid holdup is little, the advantages such as operating flexibility is large, take off gently effective and efficiency is high
The utility model solves the technical scheme that its technical problem adopts: a kind of lightness-removing column for petrochemical industry, comprises Basic annular plate, cover plate, access hole, skirt, blast pipe, circle is supported in the insulation of tower body bottom, the lower on-the-spot liquid level gauge mouth of pipe, the liquid level gauge mouth of pipe is sent in lower change, the liquid level gauge mouth of pipe is sent in upper change, the upper on-the-spot liquid level gauge mouth of pipe, conical shell, lower packing support, circle is supported in tower body insulation, middle cylinder body, middle packing support, middle structured packing, charging aperture, upper packing support, upper filler press strip, reflux inlet, tower top ellipsoidal head, drain, gas vent, upper pressure gauge port, circle is supported in the insulation of tower top end socket, tower top davit, first population, upper structured packing, second manhole, first thermocouple port, middle filler press strip, upper shell, 3rd manhole, lower filler press strip, lower structured packing, second thermocouple port, downforce meter mouth, 4th manhole, three thermocouple mouth, ellipsoidal head at the bottom of tower, anti-whirlpool baffle plate, circle is supported in insulation at the bottom of tower, opening fairlead gusset, liquid outlet tube, gusset and discharging hole, described gusset to be arranged in Basic annular plate and to be enclosed within skirt, described cover plate is mounted by means of bolts on gusset, described skirt is provided with two discharging holes split near bottom surface, described skirt is provided with access hole, described opening fairlead gusset is fixedly mounted in skirt cylindrical hole, described liquid outlet tube is arranged in opening fairlead gusset, described liquid outlet tube is connected with ellipsoidal head at the bottom of tower, insulation at the bottom of described tower supports circle to be arranged on skirt inwall and near skirt end face, the insulation of described tower body bottom supports circle to be arranged on skirt outer wall and near skirt end face, at the bottom of described tower, ellipsoidal head is arranged on skirt top, described liquid outlet tube is connected with ellipsoidal head centre bore at the bottom of tower, ellipsoidal head centre bore at the bottom of described tower is provided with anti-whirlpool baffle plate, described skirt is provided with blast pipe near top and is positioned at the insulation of tower body bottom and support circle below, lower shell bottom is fixedly mounted on ellipsoidal head end face at the bottom of tower, lower shell sidewall is provided with the lower on-the-spot liquid level gauge mouth of pipe, the liquid level gauge mouth of pipe is sent in lower change, the liquid level gauge mouth of pipe is sent in upper change, the upper on-the-spot liquid level gauge mouth of pipe, downforce meter mouth, 4th manhole and three thermocouple mouth, described downforce meter mouth is positioned at the top of three thermocouple mouth, lower shell outer wall is provided with tower body insulation near top and supports circle, described conical shell bottom is fixedly mounted on lower shell end face, conical shell is up-narrow and down-wide, conical shell sidewall is provided with the second thermocouple port, described middle cylinder body bottom is fixedly mounted on the end face of conical shell, middle cylinder body outer wall is provided with tower body insulation and supports circle, described lower packing support is fixedly mounted on middle cylinder body inwall and close middle cylinder body bottom, described lower structured packing to be arranged on lower packing support and to be positioned at middle cylinder body, described lower filler press strip is arranged on the end face of lower structured packing, described upper shell bottom is fixedly mounted on the end face of middle cylinder body, described upper shell outer wall is provided with tower body insulation and supports circle, described middle packing support to be fixedly mounted on middle cylinder body inwall and to be positioned at the top of lower filler press strip, described middle structured packing is arranged on middle packing support, described middle filler press strip is arranged on the end face of middle structured packing, middle cylinder body side is provided with the 3rd manhole and between middle packing support and lower filler press strip, described upper packing support to be fixedly mounted on upper shell inwall and to be arranged in the top of filler press strip, described upper structured packing to be arranged on packing support and to be positioned at upper shell, described upper filler press strip is arranged on the end face of structured packing, upper shell side is provided with charging aperture, second manhole and the first thermocouple port and all between upper packing support and middle filler press strip, upper shell side is provided with reflux inlet and the first population near top, described tower top davit is fixedly mounted on the side of upper shell, the end face that described tower top ellipsoidal head bottom is fixedly mounted on upper shell is provided with the insulation of tower top end socket between the two and supports circle, described tower top ellipsoidal head center is provided with gas vent, tower top ellipsoidal head is also provided with drain and upper pressure gauge port.
As preferably, the thickness of described tower top ellipsoidal head and upper shell is all 10mm, and the thickness of ellipsoidal head at the bottom of middle cylinder body, conical shell and tower is all 12mm.
As preferably, described upper shell, middle cylinder body and conical shell are welded together by high strength steel and are made with preservative treatment.
The utility model compared with prior art has the following advantages: this lightness-removing column structure is simple, and low cost of manufacture, is provided with three layers of filler conversion zone in lightness-removing column, production capacity is large, and separative efficiency is high, and pressure drop is little, the advantages such as liquid holdup is little, and operating flexibility is large, take off gently effective and efficiency is high.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of a kind of detailed description of the invention of the present utility model.
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1-Basic annular plate, 2-cover plate, 3-access hole, 4-skirt, 5-blast pipe, circle is supported in the insulation of 6-tower body bottom, the on-the-spot liquid level gauge mouth of pipe under 7-, become under 8-and send the liquid level gauge mouth of pipe, the liquid level gauge mouth of pipe is sent in the upper change of 9-, the upper on-the-spot liquid level gauge mouth of pipe of 10-, 11-conical shell, packing support under 12-, circle is supported in the insulation of 13-tower body, 14-middle cylinder body, packing support in 15-, structured packing in 16-, 17-charging aperture, the upper packing support of 18-, the upper filler press strip of 19-, 20-reflux inlet, 21-tower top ellipsoidal head, 22-drain, 23-gas vent, the upper pressure gauge port of 24-, circle is supported in the insulation of 25-tower top end socket, 26-tower top davit, 27-first population, the upper structured packing of 28-, 29-second manhole, 30-first thermocouple port, filler press strip in 31-, 32-upper shell, 33-the 3rd manhole, filler press strip under 34-, structured packing under 35-, 36-second thermocouple port, 37-downforce meter mouth, 38-the 4th manhole, 39-three thermocouple mouth, ellipsoidal head at the bottom of 40-tower, 41-anti-whirlpool baffle plate, circle is supported in insulation at the bottom of 42-tower, 43-opening fairlead gusset, 44-liquid outlet tube, 45-gusset, 46-discharging hole.
Detailed description of the invention
Below in conjunction with drawings and Examples, the utility model detailed description of the invention is described:
As shown in Figure 1, it illustrates a kind of detailed description of the invention of the present utility model, a kind of lightness-removing column for petrochemical industry, comprises Basic annular plate 1, cover plate 2, access hole 3, skirt 4, blast pipe 5, circle 6 is supported in the insulation of tower body bottom, the lower on-the-spot liquid level gauge mouth of pipe 7, the liquid level gauge mouth of pipe 8 is sent in lower change, the liquid level gauge mouth of pipe 9 is sent in upper change, the upper on-the-spot liquid level gauge mouth of pipe 10, conical shell 11, lower packing support 12, circle 13 is supported in tower body insulation, middle cylinder body 14, middle packing support 15, middle structured packing 16, charging aperture 17, upper packing support 18, upper filler press strip 19, reflux inlet 20, tower top ellipsoidal head 21, drain 22, gas vent 23, upper pressure gauge port 24, circle 25 is supported in the insulation of tower top end socket, tower top davit 26, first population 27, upper structured packing 28, second manhole 29, first thermocouple port 30, middle filler press strip 31, upper shell 32, 3rd manhole 33, lower filler press strip 34, lower structured packing 35, second thermocouple port 36, downforce meter mouth 37, 4th manhole 38, three thermocouple mouth 39, ellipsoidal head 40 at the bottom of tower, anti-whirlpool baffle plate 41, circle 42 is supported in insulation at the bottom of tower, opening fairlead gusset 43, liquid outlet tube 44, gusset 45 and discharging hole 46, described gusset 45 to be arranged in Basic annular plate 1 and to be enclosed within skirt 4, described cover plate 2 is mounted by means of bolts on gusset 45, described skirt 4 is provided with two discharging holes split 46 near bottom surface, described skirt 4 is provided with access hole 3, described opening fairlead gusset 43 is fixedly mounted in skirt 4 cylindrical hole, described liquid outlet tube 44 is arranged in opening fairlead gusset 43, described liquid outlet tube 44 is connected with ellipsoidal head at the bottom of tower 40, insulation at the bottom of described tower supports circle 42 to be arranged on skirt 4 inwall and near skirt 4 end face, the insulation of described tower body bottom supports circle 6 to be arranged on skirt 4 outer wall and near skirt 4 end face, ellipsoidal head 40 at the bottom of described tower is arranged on skirt 4 top, described liquid outlet tube 44 is connected with ellipsoidal head at the bottom of tower 40 centre bore, at the bottom of described tower, ellipsoidal head 40 centre bore is provided with anti-whirlpool baffle plate 41, described skirt 4 being provided with blast pipe 5 near top and being positioned at the insulation of tower body bottom supports below circle 6, lower shell bottom is fixedly mounted on ellipsoidal head 40 end face at the bottom of tower, lower shell sidewall is provided with the lower on-the-spot liquid level gauge mouth of pipe 7, the liquid level gauge mouth of pipe 8 is sent in lower change, the liquid level gauge mouth of pipe 9 is sent in upper change, the upper on-the-spot liquid level gauge mouth of pipe 10, downforce meter mouth 37, 4th manhole 38 and three thermocouple mouth 39, described downforce meter mouth 37 is positioned at the top of three thermocouple mouth 39, lower shell outer wall is provided with tower body insulation near top and supports circle 13, described conical shell 11 bottom is fixedly mounted on lower shell end face, conical shell 11 is up-narrow and down-wide, conical shell 11 sidewall is provided with the second thermocouple port 36, described middle cylinder body 14 bottom is fixedly mounted on the end face of conical shell 11, middle cylinder body 14 outer wall is provided with tower body insulation and supports circle 15, described lower packing support 12 is fixedly mounted on middle cylinder body 14 inwall and close middle cylinder body 14 bottom, described lower structured packing 35 to be arranged on lower packing support 12 and to be positioned at middle cylinder body 14, described lower filler press strip 34 is arranged on the end face of lower structured packing 35, described upper shell 32 bottom is fixedly mounted on the end face of middle cylinder body 14, described upper shell 32 outer wall is provided with tower body insulation and supports circle 13, described middle packing support 15 to be fixedly mounted on middle cylinder body 14 inwall and to be positioned at the top of lower filler press strip 34, described middle structured packing 16 is arranged on middle packing support 15, described middle filler press strip 31 is arranged on the end face of middle structured packing 16, middle cylinder body 14 side is provided with the 3rd manhole 33 and between middle packing support 15 and lower filler press strip 43, described upper packing support 18 to be fixedly mounted on upper shell 32 inwall and to be arranged in the top of filler press strip 31, described upper structured packing 28 to be arranged on packing support 18 and to be positioned at upper shell 32, described upper filler press strip 19 is arranged on the end face of structured packing 28, upper shell 32 side is provided with charging aperture 17, second manhole 29 and the first thermocouple port 30 and all between upper packing support 18 and middle filler press strip 31, upper shell 32 side is provided with reflux inlet 20 and the first population 27 near top, described tower top davit 26 is fixedly mounted on the side of upper shell 32, the end face that described tower top ellipsoidal head 21 bottom is fixedly mounted on upper shell 32 is provided with the insulation of tower top end socket between the two and supports circle 25, described tower top ellipsoidal head 21 center is provided with gas vent 23, tower top ellipsoidal head 21 is also provided with drain 22 and upper pressure gauge port 24.
Preferably, the thickness of described tower top ellipsoidal head 21 and upper shell 32 is all 10mm, and the thickness of ellipsoidal head 40 at the bottom of middle cylinder body 14, conical shell 11 and tower is all 12mm.
Preferably, described upper shell 32, middle cylinder body 14 and conical shell 11 are welded together by high strength steel and are made with preservative treatment.
By reference to the accompanying drawings the utility model preferred embodiment is explained in detail above, but the utility model is not limited to above-mentioned embodiment, in the ken that those of ordinary skill in the art possess, can also make a variety of changes under the prerequisite not departing from the utility model aim.
Do not depart from design of the present utility model and scope can make many other and change and remodeling.Should be appreciated that the utility model is not limited to specific embodiment, scope of the present utility model is defined by the following claims.

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1. the lightness-removing column for petrochemical industry, it is characterized in that, comprise Basic annular plate, cover plate, access hole, skirt, blast pipe, circle is supported in the insulation of tower body bottom, the lower on-the-spot liquid level gauge mouth of pipe, the liquid level gauge mouth of pipe is sent in lower change, the liquid level gauge mouth of pipe is sent in upper change, the upper on-the-spot liquid level gauge mouth of pipe, conical shell, lower packing support, circle is supported in tower body insulation, middle cylinder body, middle packing support, middle structured packing, charging aperture, upper packing support, upper filler press strip, reflux inlet, tower top ellipsoidal head, drain, gas vent, upper pressure gauge port, circle is supported in the insulation of tower top end socket, tower top davit, first population, upper structured packing, second manhole, first thermocouple port, middle filler press strip, upper shell, 3rd manhole, lower filler press strip, lower structured packing, second thermocouple port, downforce meter mouth, 4th manhole, three thermocouple mouth, ellipsoidal head at the bottom of tower, anti-whirlpool baffle plate, circle is supported in insulation at the bottom of tower, opening fairlead gusset, liquid outlet tube, gusset and discharging hole, described gusset to be arranged in Basic annular plate and to be enclosed within skirt, described cover plate is mounted by means of bolts on gusset, described skirt is provided with two discharging holes split near bottom surface, described skirt is provided with access hole, described opening fairlead gusset is fixedly mounted in skirt cylindrical hole, described liquid outlet tube is arranged in opening fairlead gusset, described liquid outlet tube is connected with ellipsoidal head at the bottom of tower, insulation at the bottom of described tower supports circle to be arranged on skirt inwall and near skirt end face, the insulation of described tower body bottom supports circle to be arranged on skirt outer wall and near skirt end face, at the bottom of described tower, ellipsoidal head is arranged on skirt top, described liquid outlet tube is connected with ellipsoidal head centre bore at the bottom of tower, ellipsoidal head centre bore at the bottom of described tower is provided with anti-whirlpool baffle plate, described skirt is provided with blast pipe near top and is positioned at the insulation of tower body bottom and support circle below, lower shell bottom is fixedly mounted on ellipsoidal head end face at the bottom of tower, lower shell sidewall is provided with the lower on-the-spot liquid level gauge mouth of pipe, the liquid level gauge mouth of pipe is sent in lower change, the liquid level gauge mouth of pipe is sent in upper change, the upper on-the-spot liquid level gauge mouth of pipe, downforce meter mouth, 4th manhole and three thermocouple mouth, described downforce meter mouth is positioned at the top of three thermocouple mouth, lower shell outer wall is provided with tower body insulation near top and supports circle, described conical shell bottom is fixedly mounted on lower shell end face, conical shell is up-narrow and down-wide, conical shell sidewall is provided with the second thermocouple port, described middle cylinder body bottom is fixedly mounted on the end face of conical shell, middle cylinder body outer wall is provided with tower body insulation and supports circle, described lower packing support is fixedly mounted on middle cylinder body inwall and close middle cylinder body bottom, described lower structured packing to be arranged on lower packing support and to be positioned at middle cylinder body, described lower filler press strip is arranged on the end face of lower structured packing, described upper shell bottom is fixedly mounted on the end face of middle cylinder body, described upper shell outer wall is provided with tower body insulation and supports circle, described middle packing support to be fixedly mounted on middle cylinder body inwall and to be positioned at the top of lower filler press strip, described middle structured packing is arranged on middle packing support, described middle filler press strip is arranged on the end face of middle structured packing, middle cylinder body side is provided with the 3rd manhole and between middle packing support and lower filler press strip, described upper packing support to be fixedly mounted on upper shell inwall and to be arranged in the top of filler press strip, described upper structured packing to be arranged on packing support and to be positioned at upper shell, described upper filler press strip is arranged on the end face of structured packing, upper shell side is provided with charging aperture, second manhole and the first thermocouple port and all between upper packing support and middle filler press strip, upper shell side is provided with reflux inlet and the first population near top, described tower top davit is fixedly mounted on the side of upper shell, the end face that described tower top ellipsoidal head bottom is fixedly mounted on upper shell is provided with the insulation of tower top end socket between the two and supports circle, described tower top ellipsoidal head center is provided with gas vent, tower top ellipsoidal head is also provided with drain and upper pressure gauge port.
2. a kind of lightness-removing column for petrochemical industry as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: the thickness of described tower top ellipsoidal head and upper shell is all 10mm, the thickness of ellipsoidal head at the bottom of middle cylinder body, conical shell and tower is all 12mm.
3. a kind of lightness-removing column for petrochemical industry as claimed in claim 2, is characterized in that: described upper shell, middle cylinder body and conical shell are welded together by high strength steel and be made with preservative treatment.
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