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US 2012/0294779 A1Published application
Structured packing for a reactor
AssigneeTribute Creations, LLC
InventorJonathan Jay Feinstein
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Abstract
A structured packing for a reactor is formed from a metal sheet to promote heat and mass transfer near the wall of the reactor. The structured packing causes lateral flow of fluids flowing through the packing such that jet impingement of at least one reactor wall is promoted. The packing may be used in a cylindrical, annular or plate-type reactor, e.g., a catalytic reactor, or a heat exchanger.
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A structured packing for a reactor having an inlet, an outlet and at least one wall comprising:
- (a) a sheet folded back and forth, thereby forming a row of alternating first and second columns separated from each other by separating walls;
- (b) first and second direction vanes located in the respective first and second columns such that at least some of the first vanes are inclined at an oblique angle to the reactor wall and at least some of the second vanes are inclined at an opposite oblique angle to the reactor wall;
- (c) webs connecting the at least some of the first and second vanes to the separating walls along at least one lateral side of the at least some of the first and second vanes;
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- (d) a multiplicity of gaps between the separating walls and the reactor wall, extending from the inlet to the outlet.
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