# US 10,246,875 B2 · Multiple element support beam > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,246,875 B2 - Document ID: US10246875B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/127,272 - Filed: 2015-05-22 - Published: 2018-04-05 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2014-05-23 - Assignees: Haldor Topsoe A/S - Applicants: Haldor Topsøe A/S - Inventors: Peer Thaarup Kjeldgaard Clausen; Kunal Dinesh Shah; Klaus Risbjerg Jarlkov - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10246875B2 ## CPC - E04B 7/045: {with connectors made of sheet metal for connecting the roof structure to the supporting wall (connectors made of sheet metal for wooden elongated load-supporting elements in general E04B1/2608)} - B01J 8/0242: {the fluid flow within the bed being predominantly vertical} - B01J 19/305: {Supporting elements therefor, e.g. grids, perforated plates} - E04B 1/28: the supporting parts consisting of other material - E04C 3/07: at least partly of bent or otherwise deformed strip- or sheet-like material - E04C 3/28: of materials not covered by groups E04C3/04 - E04C3/20 - E04C 3/29: built-up from parts of different material, {i.e. composite structures} - B01J 2208/00884: Means for supporting the bed of particles, e.g. grids, bars, perforated plates - E04B: GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of opening in walls, floors or ceilings E06B1/00; {electromagnetic shielding H05K9/0001}) - B01J: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS - E04C: STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS (for bridges E01D; specially designed for insulation or other protection E04B; elements used as building aids E04G; for mining E21; for tunnels E21D; structural elements with broader range of application than for building engineering F16, particularly F16S) ## Abstract The present application relates to a vessel support beam comprising two or more beam elements wherein each beam element comprises a first and second opposing long side connected by a top side, a lower side and two opposing end sides, said beam elements are arranged parallelly with at least one long side of one beam element facing a long side of another beam element, thereby forming a reactor support beam having a first and second opposing long side surface, a top surface and a lower surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A support beam configured to be installed inside a vessel comprising two or more longitudinal beam elements wherein each beam element comprises a first and second opposing long side connected by a top side, a lower side and two opposing end sides, said lower side having a width greater in dimension than said top side to form a bottom shoulder, said beam elements are arranged in parallel with at least one long side of one beam element facing a long side of another beam element, thereby forming the vessel support beam having a first and second opposing long side surface, a top surface and a lower surface, wherein each of said beam elements includes holes extending through the opposing long sides, such that holes of one beam element align with corresponding holes of an adjacent beam element, said support beam further comprising connecting means for locking the beam elements together, and wherein said bottom shoulder is adapted to support a number of catalyst grids, the beam further comprising protruding flaps configured to follow a curvature of an inner vessel wall. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The support beam according to claim 1, wherein said vessel is one of a reactor, distillation and an absorption tower, and wherein the reactor is one of a hydroprocessing reactor, a methanol reactor and an ammonia reactor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The support beam according to claim 1, wherein at least two beam elements are arranged parallelly with one long side of one beam element facing a long side of the other beam element thereby defining a contact plane P and where the surface normal N of the contact plane P is at least substantially perpendicular to the gravity g. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The support beam according to claim 1, wherein one or more of the beam elements further comprises means for fastening and/or supporting the support beam and/or beam element in a vessel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The support beam according to claim 1, wherein one or more of the beam elements comprises one or more sections with reduced material thickness or density. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The support beam according to claim 1, wherein the top sides of the beam elements together form a reactor support beam top surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The support beam according to claim 6, comprising cover means for covering at least part of the reactor support beam top surface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The support beam according to claim 1, wherein the connecting means is at least one of a U-clamp and a bolt, wherein the bolt extends through the holes. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The support beam according to claim 1, wherein the connecting means is a U-clamp arranged to support a support beam in a vessel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The support beam according to claim 1, wherein the connecting means for locking the beam elements together are arranged in at least one of a center section and end zones of the long sides of the beam elements. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The support beam according to claim 1, wherein the effective length of some or each of the connecting means are longer than the distance between the first and second long side surface in an initial configuration of the reactor support beam. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The support beam according to claim 1, wherein the support beam is made of one or more metals. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The support beam according to claim 1, wherein the one or more beam elements has one or more truncated zones. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A vessel comprising at least one support beam according to claim 1. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The vessel according to claim 14 wherein said vessel is one of a reactor, distillation and absorption tower, and the reactor is one of a hydroprocessing reactor, a methanol reactor and an ammonia reactor.