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When considering the choice between plates and packing, two types of packing options exist: random packing and structured packing. Packed columns tend to be used for distillation, gas absorption and liquid-liquid flow. The flow can be counter-current; however, in some gas-absorption columns, co-current flow is used.

There exists two methods to fill columns: ? dry packing, ? slurry packing (filtration technique). The dry filling method is easy to perform, but the slurry method gives, especially for smaller particles, more efficient and more reproducible columns.

The art of packing a column is to distribute all the particles in the column in such a way that you obtain an homogeneous packed bed in a reproducible manner. The following lines might seem a little bit dry, but see it as if you were backing a pie.

To pack a column, you must: ? Clean the column and packing device. ? Prepare the slurry solvent and packing solvent. ? Prepare the packing device. ? Prepare your LC system. ? Assemble the packing device and empty column. ? Use the backpressure regulator (if appropriate) ? Position the packing device.

The PF varies in relation to bed height and is calculated as y = ?0.002x + 1.22 (where y is the calculated PF and x the packed bed height). For each bed height, the acceptable interval for the packing factor is ± 0.03.

Less than 1 foot of column diameter should have a packing size of 1 inch or less. Between 1 to 3 feet of column diameter will have a packing size of 1 to 1.5 inches. A column diameter of greater than 3 feet will need a packing size between 2 and 3 inches.

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