Closure plate for preloading a plate reactor, plate reactor and manufacturing method thereof
AssigneePetrogal, S.A.
InventorsJoaquim António Conde Correia Dos Santos, José Carlos Brito Lopes, Fernando Gomes De Almeida
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Abstract
Closure plate for preloading a plate reactor comprising a stack of plates for planar flow of fluid or fluids, said flow being bounded by said plates, wherein said plates have a given width and a given length, wherein the closure plate comprises a sheet with a face to face against a top of said stack, wherein the face has a convexity lengthwise said sheet, said convexity having a convex cross-section. Plate reactor comprising one said stack of plates and said one or two closure plates for preloading. Method of manufacturing a respective closure plate for preloading and a respective plate reactor.
Claims17
A plate reactor comprising:
- a stack of reactor plates for planar flow of fluid or fluids, said flow being bounded by said reactor plates, wherein said reactor plates have a predetermined width and a predetermined length;
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- one or two closure plates for preloading the plate reactor, each of said closure plate or plates being arranged on a top of said stack for closing the reactor,
- wherein said closure plate or each of said closure plates comprises a sheet with a face for facing against a top of said stack, wherein the face has a convexity lengthwise on said sheet, said convexity having a convex cross-section,
- wherein the closure plate comprises a portion proximal to the convexity, said proximal portion comprising said face, and a portion distal from the convexity and non-overlapping with the proximal portion, and
- wherein the closure plate comprises pre-warping means in the portion distal from the convexity and arranged transversely in respect of the closure plate to cause said convexity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.