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AssigneeNederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
InventorsJurriaan BOON, Jebin Duthie JAMES, Francesco SEBASTIANI, Marie RAIDA, Aris TWERDA, Gerard Douwe ELZINGA
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Provided herein are one or more heating structures within a reactor for inductive heating, which greatly improve(s) the heating within the reactor. Placing the heating structure results in a more homogenous temperature distribution throughout the reactor interior, which may lead to higher yields, better selectivities, faster adsorbent regeneration, reduced catalyst degradation rates and higher heating rates. The heating structure is formed by connected strands of material which have a diameter of 0.5-100 mm. The heating structure has areas that are susceptible to induction heating. The volume of the total heating structures in the reactor is less than 20 vol. % of the total empty reactor volume. At least a part of the network is formed by strands with a thermal conductivity of 10 W·m−1·K−1 or more at the operating temperature of the reactor.
A reactor system comprising a reactor and an inductive heating coil surrounding the reactor wherein the coil is suitable for generating an alternating magnetic field within the reactor when powered by a power source that supplies an alternating current, wherein the reactor interior comprises a solid selected from a catalyst, a sorbent, a solid reactant or a combination thereof, and one or more heating structures formed by connected strands of material wherein
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