A packing element has components that form snap-lock connections with like packing elements used to form a contact assembly. The packing elements can be readily and easily assembled together using little force by connecting the packing elements with connectors in a snap-lock manner. The packing elements are retained by the snap-lock connectors in the contact assembly such that the packing elements cannot be separated without such force that the material forming at least one of components of the snap-lock connections or the packing element will fail to the extent that a contact assembly made using the packing elements would not be functional.

A chemical reactor for inductive heating has a non-conductive reactor wall (104) defining an interior (106) of the reactor, a conductive electromagnetic metamaterial susceptor (102) having an open cell 3D lattice structure distributed throughout a volumetric region within the interior of the reactor, electromagnetic coils (100) surrounding the susceptor, and a power supply (116) connected to the electromagnetic coils and adapted to produce AC electrical power at a predetermined operating frequency, thereby generating an electromagnetic field having a predetermined wavelength causing inductive heating of the susceptor. The susceptor has a predetermined effective AC conductivity response Gefr as a predetermined function of position within the volumetric region at the predetermined operating frequency.

[Problem] To prevent or suppress generation of polymers in the internal space of a protrusion unit.

[Solution] A handling device 100 includes a flow unit 10, a protrusion unit 30, a spray unit 40, and a grid 50. The spray unit is configured to be able to be disposed in an internal space 31 of the protrusion unit and be able to spray liquid onto the inner wall surface of the protrusion unit with the spray unit disposed in the internal space. The grid is disposed at the boundary of a flow path 11 of the flow unit and the internal space of the protrusion unit to prevent irregular packing F packed in a packed bed 17 from moving to the internal space.

A spacer array including a plurality of spacers. Each spacer defines a longitudinal axis and includes a main body, a leading pin, and a trailing pin. The main body has a main body cross-sectional dimension. The leading pin extends from the main body and is upstream of the main body. The leading pin has a leading pin cross-sectional dimension. The trailing pin extends from the main body and is downstream of the main body. The trailing pin has a trailing pin cross-sectional dimension. The main body cross-sectional dimension is greater than the leading pin cross-sectional dimension and the trailing pin cross-sectional dimension.

A floating support grid system including a plurality of support beams and a plurality of profile wire screen panels wherein the support beams are connected to the profile wire screen panels via one or more first floating connections, wherein the support beams are configured to connect to a horizontal ammonia converter basket via one or more second floating connections, and wherein at least some the profile wire screen panels are configured to connect to a horizontal ammonia converter basket via one or more third floating connections, wherein each of the first, second, and third floating connections independently defines one or more gaps to accommodate movement caused by thermal expansion.

A contactor media includes continuous surface segments, wherein a first continuous surface segment has at least 50% of its surface area follow at least one of: (a) a contour of a first zero-thickness surface having a Gaussian curvature (G.sub.c) of 400 mm.sup.2G.sub.c<0.01 mm.sup.2; and (b) a contour of a second zero-thickness surface having at least one principal curvature (k.sub.i) of 20 mm.sup.1k.sub.i<0.1 mm.sup.1; and wherein the first continuous surface segment provides at least: (a) a total liquid hold-up of between about 1 kg/m.sup.3 to about 800 kg/m.sup.3 or (b) a static liquid hold-up of about 0.1 kg/m.sup.3 to about 800 kg/m.sup.3.

A sparging evaporator for an inerting system including an outer vessel, an inner vessel within the outer vessel, and a plenum formed between the inner and outer vessels. The outer vessel includes a gas inlet for receiving inlet gas into the plenum, and a liquid inlet for receiving liquid fuel into the plenum. The inlet gas in the plenum generates a gas pressure that is exerted against a free surface of the liquid fuel in the plenum thereby forcing the liquid fuel and the inlet gas through an inlet of the inner vessel. The inner vessel contains a lattice structure that promotes liberation of fuel vapor from the liquid fuel and enables the inlet gas in the liquid fuel to sparge the fuel vapor in the liquid fuel, thereby forming a fuel-enriched gas mixture that can be fed to a reactor of the inerting system.