Catalyst regeneration equipment and catalyst regeneration method

Abstract

Catalyst regeneration equipment for regenerating a catalyst that has been degraded due to a catalytic action, while a predetermined source gas is being continuously introduced, in a reactor including a plurality of reaction tubes each being filled with the catalyst, the reactor generating a predetermined product through the catalytic action of the catalyst in each of the plurality of reaction tubes, the catalyst regeneration equipment including: a catalyst degradation detection unit configured to detect presence or absence of degradation of the catalyst in every one of the plurality of reaction tubes; a regeneration gas supply unit capable of supplying a predetermined regeneration gas for regenerating a degraded catalyst to every one of the plurality of reaction tubes; and a controller configured to control the regeneration gas supply unit to supply the regeneration gas to a reaction tube including the catalyst in which the degradation has been detected, based on a detection result by the catalyst degradation detection unit.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.