Christian Bachmann is a Senior Sulzer Column-Internals Expert. He is responsible for the global development and design of column internals. Mr. Bachmann has 38 yr of experience with Sulzer in research and development/product management and holds a BS degree in mechanical engineering from ETH Zurich.
The maldistribution of liquid flow within long packed beds is a well-known phenomenon in distillation and absorption columns. In a packed column, the maldistribution of liquid results in differences in liquid concentration across the column.