Regenerative reactor system
AssigneeExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
InventorsPaul F. Keusenkothen, Richard C. Stell
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Abstract
The invention relates to a regenerative reactor system which includes a reverse flow regenerative reactor. The reverse flow regenerative reactor includes a housing enclosing an interior region, and process flow components configured to manage the flow of a pyrolysis stream through the interior region. The process flow components include reactor beds. The reverse flow regenerative reactor also includes a pyrolysis inlet conduit for managing flow of the pyrolysis stream to the reverse flow regenerative reactor, and further includes a liquid distribution device that is configured to disperse a liquid portion of the pyrolysis stream along an internal surface of the pyrolysis inlet conduit.
Claims8
A regenerative reactor system comprising:
- a reverse flow regenerative thermal pyrolysis reactor comprising:
- a housing enclosing an interior region;
- one or more process flow components configured to manage the flow of a pyrolysis stream through the interior region, wherein the one or more process flow components comprise one or more reactor beds;
- a pyrolysis inlet conduit having an internal surface and in fluid communication with the reverse flow regenerative reactor;
- and a liquid distribution device disposed along the flow path of the pyrolysis stream and in fluid communication with the pyrolysis inlet conduit, whereby the liquid distribution device is selected from an annular flow device, an atomizer, a nozzle, and combinations thereof, and is configured to disperse a liquid portion of the pyrolysis stream in the absence of oxygen as a tangential flow along the internal surface of the pyrolysis inlet conduit and configured to direct a vapor phase portion of the pyrolysis stream along a central flow path of the pyrolysis inlet conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.