The distributor and packing define the performance of
this equipment. Their proper selection entails an understanding
of packing operational characteristics, and
the effect on performance of the points of significant
physical difference between the various types.
Good progress has been made in the past decade in
the development of packing types for difficult and wide
ranging process applications (see: Websites in bibliography).
These types include:
1. Random particle packings are discrete, individually
shaped particles designed to provide contacting