Overview
The plastic snowflake ring, also known as intalox snowflake tower packing, is an advanced high-efficiency tower packing solution. It boasts a low specific gravity, high flooding point, large porosity, and a high mass transfer unit height. Its unique design results in a lower pressure drop, reducing back-pressure and minimizing energy consumption during the stripping process. This makes the plastic snowflake ring an economical and efficient option for a variety of applications, including chlorine and bromine production, air separation, and water cooling processes.
Characteristics of Intalox Snowflake Tower Packing
Exceptional Heat Resistance: Designed to withstand high temperatures, making it ideal for a range of industrial applications where heat resistance is critical.
Superior Chemical Corrosion Resistance: Provides robust protection against chemical corrosion, ensuring long-term durability and reliability in harsh environments.
High Mass Transfer Efficiency: Optimized for effective mass transfer, which is essential for efficient separation processes in various industrial applications.
Versatility: Suitable for a wide array of processes including seawater desulfurization, hydrogen chloride (HCl) absorption, and gas-liquid separation.
Broad Industry Applications: Widely used in diverse industries, including petroleum, chemical, metallurgy, and environmental protection, particularly in acid storage tanks and demineralized water tanks.
Features of Plastic Snowflake Ring
Large Porosity: Enhances the flow of fluids, improving process efficiency and effectiveness.
High Capacity: Designed to support large-scale industrial operations, making it suitable for industrial applications that require high throughput.
Low Pressure Drop: Minimizes operational energy costs by reducing the pressure drop across the packing.
High Flooding Point: Prevents premature flooding within the system, ensuring smooth and continuous operation.
Uniform Gas-Liquid Distribution: Maintains consistent performance by evenly distributing gas and liquid phases.
Excellent Corrosion Resistance: Extends the lifespan of the packing material by providing superior resistance to corrosion.
Advantages of plastic snowflake ring
1.Innovative Structure: Features a design that offers high flux, low pressure drop, and exceptional impact resistance.
2.Robust Chemical Resistance: Ensures strong resistance to chemical corrosion, making it suitable for use in harsh chemical environments.
3.Energy Efficient: Large void spaces contribute to energy savings and reduce overall operational costs.
4.User-Friendly: Easy to load and unload, simplifying the maintenance and operational processes.
Material:
Plastic intalox snowflake tower packing can be made from heat resistant and chemical corrosion resistant plastics, including polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), reinforced polypropylene (RPP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC), polyvinyiidene fluoride (PVDF) and Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The temperature in media ranges from 60 Degree C to 280 Degree C.
Applications
Gas and Liquid Separators: Ensures efficient separation in various industrial processes, enhancing overall productivity.
Distillation Columns, Washing Towers, Cooling Towers, and Stripping Towers: Improves performance and efficiency in these critical applications.
Seawater Desulfurization, HCl Absorption, and Gas-Liquid Separation: Ideal for these specialized processes due to its superior performance characteristics.
Chlorine and Bromine Production Plants and Air Separation Plants: Widely recognized for its efficiency and reliability in these demanding environments.
Comparison with Different Sizes of Plastic Rings
Compared to 3.5” plastic pall ring: Achieves over 60% higher efficiency and 20% lower pressure drop, significantly enhancing operational performance.
Compared to 2” Plastic Pall Ring: Delivers over 20% higher efficiency and 50% lower pressure drop, contributing to substantial energy savings.
Compared to 1.5” Plastic Pall Ring: Offers about 10% higher efficiency and 30% lower pressure drop, making it a superior choice for various applications.
Superior Performance of snowflake ring
Maximum Tower Performance: Intalox snowflake high-performance random packing combines exceptional separation efficiency with high capacity, making it a preferred choice in the chemical processing industry, particularly for chlorine and bromine production.
Environmental Applications: Often used in emergency scrubbers for halogen processes due to its superior performance over a wide operating range. It is also effective in scrubbing and stripping applications.
Proven Efficiency: Independent tests have demonstrated that intalox snowflake packing achieves removal efficiencies exceeding 99% for groundwater air stripping. Its unique shape results in a lower pressure drop, significantly reducing energy consumption in applications that require blowers or compressors. In typical system designs, intalox snowflake packing can save over 50% in energy costs compared to plastic saddles.
Design Benefits: The pressure drop advantage allows designers to significantly reduce the size of towers and blowers. The robust shape of snowflake packing supports deep beds for multiple-transfer-unit absorption. For specific strength and depth ratings at various temperatures, contact us.
Conclusion
For top-tier tower performance, intalox snowflake high performance random packing delivers an unparalleled blend of exceptional separation efficiency and high capacity. This innovative packing is extensively utilized across the Chemical Processing Industry, including chlorine and bromine production. When it comes to emergency scrubbers handling halogens, intalox snowflake stands out as the mass transfer device of choice, thanks to its superior performance across diverse operating conditions. Its applications extend to environmental sectors, notably in scrubbing and stripping.
Independent evaluations have confirmed that intalox snowflake packing can achieve removal efficiencies exceeding 99% in groundwater air stripping. The unique design of this packing ensures a lower pressure drop, significantly cutting energy consumption in operations involving blowers or compressors. In standard system configurations, intalox snowflake packing can reduce energy costs by more than 50% compared to #1 plastic saddles. For new installations, the low-pressure drop feature of snowflake packing allows for a considerable reduction in the size of towers and blowers.
The sturdy structure of snowflake packing supports the creation of deep beds for multiple-transfer-unit absorption. For detailed strength and depth ratings at specific temperatures, reach out to us.