- Higher capacity: up to 30%
- Lower pressure drop: up to 20%
- Equal or higher efficiency
- Elimination of hydraulic gradient
- Uniform liquid flow & vapor distribution
Benefits compared against conventional trays
Enhanced deck high performance trays
Superior capacity with advanced tray technology
Sulzer’s proprietary high performance trays combine special tray decks for superior vapor capacity with state-of-the-art downcomer technology. They are ideal for column revamp applications and for decreasing the size of new towers.
- Main fractionators of refineries
- Gas concentration columns of refineries
- Light ends columns of petrochemical plants
- LNG / NGL fractionation columns
- Absorbers and regenerators of gas sweetening plants
MVG trays
- Mini V-Grid trays use smaller valves than the conventional SVG valve
- Provide up to 20% higher capacity compared to standard sieve or valve trays
- Deliver higher efficiency and lower pressure drop per theoretical stage
- Have a turndown ratio of 3:1
MMVG trays
- Micro V-Grid trays use smallest available valve size
- Offer an additional 7% higher capacity compared to MVG
- Are used at extremely high vapor loads
UFM trays
UFM™ is a floating valve which maximizes the hydraulic capacity of a fractionation tray and the operating range.
Functional features
- UFM™ is a mini-floating type of valve
- UFM™ provides up to 20% additional capacity compared to conventional sieve and valve trays
- UFM™ has at least the same operating range as a conventional floating valve
- Minimizes weeping due to lateral vapor release
- UFM™ valves are oriented parallel to liquid flow direction
- The rectangular shape of the legs prevents spinning and wearing
- UFM™ is equipped with four dimples to prevent sticking to the tray deck and to enhance fouling resistance
- UFM™ can be combined with upgraded downcomer technology to achieve maximum tray performance and turndown
Fields of application
UFM™ trays are mainly used in applications requiring both high performances and a wide operating range, particularly:
- High-pressure columns in gas fields
- Light ends columns in refinery and petrochemical plants.
