SUPERFRAC® high performance trays
The SUPERFRAC® tray is a high-performance crossflow tray that has the highest combined capacity and efficiency of all crossflow trays tested at FRI.

SUPERFRAC trays can be used in new construction and revamp opportunities for virtually any service in which conventional sieve and valve trays are used. They are especially beneficial in applications requiring a large number of mass transfer stages or where mass transfer efficiency is critical to the economics of the operation. Examples include superfractionators (ethylene, propylene), light hydrocarbon fractionators, splitters in chemical and petrochemical applications, and aromatic services.

Conventional downcomer
SUPERFRAC® trays

Conventional downcomer SUPERFRAC® trays


 

· Diameters from 3 ft
  [900 mm]
· Fouling resistant with
  large diameter
  fixed valves
· Downcomer design allows
  simple revamps
· No extra active area over
  conventional designs

Conventional downcomer
SUPERFRAC® trays
Multi-pass downcomer
SUPERFRAC® trays
 

Multi-pass downcomer SUPERFRAC® trays

 

· Diameters from 13 ft
  [3962 mm]
· High liquid rates
· Multiple downcomer
  designs

 

Multi-pass downcomer
SUPERFRAC® trays

Valve types

Koch-Glitsch has developed a variety of valve styles to enhance the vapor-liquid contacting that takes place on a tray deck.

MINIVALVE® tray decks use smaller-size valves that provide reduced entrainment and better efficiency than conventional valve and sieve trays.

Truncated downcomer
SUPERFRAC® trays

Truncated downcomer SUPERFRAC® tray

 

 

· Diameters from 3 ft
  [900 mm]
· Fouling resistant with
  large diameter
  fixed valves
· Downcomer maximizes
  active area in comparison
  to conventional designs
· Equal or better efficiency
  in tray-for-tray revamps

Truncated downcomer
SUPERFRAC® trays

SUPERFLUX® trays

SUPERFLUX® tray

 

 

 

· Diameters from 3 ft
  [900 mm]
· Fouling resistant with
  large fixed valves
· Conventional downcomer
  design allows simple
  revamps
· PURGE™ downcomer is
  sediment solution
· Directional valves
  promote self-cleaning
  of active area

SUPERFLUX® trays

Mechanical features

FLEXILOCK® tray construction - patented FLEXILOCK® tray joint allows rapid installation of tray panels

OMNI-FIT® technology - a set of mechanical engineering designs used to reduce the cost and downtime of revamps

HORIZON® technology - a set of mechanical construction techniques developed specifically for in-shop installation of trays with the vessel in the horizontal position.

SATURN® technology - innovative tray designs and simple tower attachments to reduce total installed cost of new distillation columns.

SPEED-WAY® manways - a design that easily adds quick-opening manways to existing trays.
Multi-chordal downcomer
SUPERFRAC® trays

Multi-chordal downcomer SUPERFRAC® tray

 

· Diameters from 3 ft
  [900 mm]
· Design maximizes  
  active area over
  conventional designs
· Downcomer design
  uses entire tray space
· Equal or better efficiency
  in tray-for-tray revamps


Multi-chordal downcomer
SUPERFRAC® tray

PLUS™ technology for
SUPERFRAC® trays

PLUS™ technology for SUPERFRAC® trays

· Diameters from 3 ft
  [900 mm]
· Low liquid rates
· Available with most
  downcomer designs

PLUS™ technology for
SUPERFRAC® trays
Tray enhancements
 
The patented technologies used in SUPERFRAC® trays are the culmination of over twenty years of comprehensive tray development work. The unique combination of SUPERFRAC patented technologies and design strategies produces the high capacity and the maximum vapor/liquid contact efficiency achievable on a crossflow distillation tray. As a result, the SUPERFRAC tray gives the highest economic benefit to operators of distillation columns seeking solutions for both new construction and revamp projects.
 
Koch-Glitsch targeted three major areas for enhancing the performance of conventional trays:
  • Advanced downcomer technology
  • Active area enhancements
  • Inlet area enhancements