# US 10,500,556 B2 · Radial flow horizontal catalytic reactor

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- Number: US 10,500,556 B2
- Document ID: US10500556B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/319,674
- Filed: 2015-06-03
- Published: 2017-05-11
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2014-06-17
- Assignees: Casale SA
- Applicants: Casale SA
- Inventors: Mirco Tarozzo
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10500556B2

## CPC

- B01J 8/0214: {in a cylindrical annular shaped bed}
- B01J 8/0035: {Periodical feeding or evacuation}
- B01J 8/0285: {Heating or cooling the reactor (for tubular reactors in furnaces B01J8/062)}
- B01J 8/0407: {through two or more cylindrical annular shaped beds}
- B01J 8/0496: {Heating or cooling the reactor}
- B01J 2208/00194: Tubes
- B01J 2208/0053: Controlling multiple zones along the direction of flow, e.g. pre-heating and after-cooling
- B01J 2208/00814: the particulate material being provides in prefilled containers
- B01J 2219/00024: Revamping, retrofitting or modernisation of existing plants
- B01J 2219/182: horizontal
- B01J: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS

## Abstract

Horizontal adiabatic reactor (1) for heterogeneous catalytic reactions, comprising an outer cylindrical shell (2), an inlet (6) for reagent gases and an outlet (7) for gaseous products, a basket (10, 13) containing a catalytic bed (5a, 5b) positioned horizontally inside said reactor, wherein said reactor is configured in such a way that the gases cross said catalytic bed in a radial or axial-radial manner, said shell (2) has a cover (4) which can be opened and which defines an opening (20), and said basket (10, 13) is extractable horizontally from said opening.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A horizontal adiabatic reactor for heterogeneous catalytic reactions, comprising:
a cylindrical outer shell,
an inlet for a flow of reagent gases and an outlet for a flow of gaseous products;
at least one basket containing at least one catalytic bed, said catalytic bed being positioned horizontally inside said reactor;
wherein:
said reactor is configured in such a way that said gas flow crosses said at least one catalytic bed in a radial or axial-radial manner, wherein said at least one catalytic bed has an annular configuration and radial symmetry; and
said shell has a cover which can be opened and defines an opening and said basket can be extracted horizontally from said opening;
the reactor comprising a first catalytic bed in the centre of which a coaxial heat exchanger is housed, and a second catalytic bed in the centre of which a coaxial gas discharge tube is housed.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The reactor according to claim 1, wherein said at least one catalytic bed has cylindrical inlet surfaces and outlet surfaces for said reagents and gaseous products, respectively.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The reactor according to claim 2, wherein said surfaces are defined by gas-permeable coaxial walls for containing the bed.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The reactor according to claim 1, wherein said at least one basket is slidable along at least one linear guide.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The reactor according to claim 1, wherein said at least one basket is delimited by an inner cylindrical wall and by an outer cylindrical wall which are at least partly permeable to said gas flows such that an axial or axial-radial flow crosses the catalytic bed.

### Claim 6

A method for replacing catalyst in an adiabatic horizontal catalytic reactor, the adiabatic horizontal catalytic reactor comprising:
a cylindrical outer shell;
an inlet for a flow of reagent gases and an outlet for a flow of gaseous products;
at least one basket containing at least one catalytic bed, said catalytic bed being positioned horizontally inside said reactor;
wherein:
said reactor is configured in such a way that said gas flow crosses said at least one catalytic bed in a radial or axial-radial manner, wherein said at least one catalytic bed has an annular configuration and radial symmetry; and
said shell has a cover which can be opened and defines an opening and said basket can be extracted horizontally from said opening;
wherein the method comprises the following operations:
horizontally extracting said basket from said shell;
vertically positioning said basket;
removing the used catalyst from said basket in a vertical position;
inserting fresh catalyst inside said basket in a vertical position; and
reintroducing said basket in a horizontal position and inserting it inside the shell.