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Spaced spiral weave metallic cloth as a column packing material for stripping soybean oil

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Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society

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A study of the effect of liquid distribution on the performance of a packed column resulted in the development of a distributor head for feeding which not only improved the distribution but decreased the steam consumption by about 20% and increased the column capacity by about 30% when stripping soybean oil-trichloroethylene miscella from 20% to 0.02% residual solvent. Liquid distribution: studies with rolled packing units composed of 10-mesh reinforced spiral weave stainless steel cloth with 1/2-inch Berl saddles as spacers between turns showed that these units maintained a very uniform distribution of liquid down the stripping column. A column 8 inches in diameter with packing units having a total height of 78 inches had a capacity, when operated with the distributor head on 20% soybean oil-trichloroethylene miscella, for stripping 229 pounds of soybean oil per hour to a residual solvent content of 0.02%, using 0.20 pound of steam per pound of oil.

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  1. Robert D. Ingebo

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  1. Iowa Engineering Experiment Station, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa

    Lionel K. Arnold & Robert D. Ingebo

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Arnold, L.K., Ingebo, R.D. Spaced spiral weave metallic cloth as a column packing material for stripping soybean oil. J Am Oil Chem Soc 29, 23–28 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02640175

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