US Patent Issued to Sulzer Management on June 24 for "Structured cross-channel packing element with reduced material requirement" (Swiss, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,292, issued on June 24, was assigned to Sulzer Management AG (Winterthur, Switzerland).

"Structured cross-channel packing element with reduced material requirement" was invented by Ilja Ausner (Dehningen, Germany), Marc Wehrli (Brutten, Switzerland), Florian Kehrer (Illnau-Effretikon, Switzerland) and Bernhard Horschitz (Winterthur, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structured cross-channel packing element for a column for at least one of mass transfer and heat exchange between a heavy fluid phase and a light fluid phase. The structured cross-channel packing element comprises at least two adjacent layers made of expanded m...