METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ADSORBER THROUGH WHICH FLOW TAKES PLACE HORIZONTALLY, AND PARTITION-WALL MODULE FOR USE IN SAID METHOD

摘要

The method serves for producing an adsorber through which flow takes place horizontally and which has two adsorbents and contains two directly adjacent charges of bulk material in a horizontal or upright container. There is a vertical boundary surface between the two charges of bulk material. In one step (a), a vertical partition wall is placed on the base of the adsorption bed and then, on each side of the partition wall, in each case one of the two adsorbents is introduced up to a first height, which does not exceed the upper periphery of the partition ring. In the following step (b), the vertical partition wall is displaced upwards to the extent where its lower periphery is still contained in the charge of bulk material present. Then, on each side of the partition wall, in each case one of the two adsorbents is introduced up to a second height, which does not exceed the upper periphery of the displaced partition wall. Finally, step (b) is repeated until such time as a predetermined filling height is reached. According to the invention, the vertical partition wall is constructed from at least three partition-wall modules (6.01), which extend only over part of the length, or of the circumference, of the vertical partition wall and can be moved independently of one another in the vertical direction.