Apparatus for installing a thermocouple inside a reactor tube filled with catalyst
AssigneeAir Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP
InventorGary D. Miller
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Abstract
A device for centering a temperature measurement device inside a reactor tube that will be filled with catalyst, including multiple inflatable bladders mechanically and fluidically attached to a centering ring.
Claims10
A device for centering a temperature measurement device inside a reactor tube that will be filled with catalyst, comprising multiple inflatable bladders mechanically and fluidically attached to a centering ring, wherein when inflated, the multiple inflatable bladders are configured to comprise multiple open regions though which catalyst passes through.
A device for centering a temperature measurement device inside a reactor tube that will be filled with catalyst, comprising:
- a centering ring with an interior and an exterior, configured to accommodate a temperature measurement device and a pressurized gas conduit in the interior,
- multiple inflatable bladders mechanically and fluidically attached to the exterior of the centering ring,
- the pressurized gas conduit fluidically attached to the centering ring such that a flow of pressurized gas exiting the pressurized gas conduit passes through a gas passage into the multiple inflatable bladders,
- wherein when inflated, the multiple inflatable bladders are configured to comprise multiple open regions though which catalyst passes through.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.