Reactor and packing element for catalyzed chemical reactions
AssigneeSulzer Brothers Limited
InventorAugust Sperandio
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Abstract
The reactor for performing heterogeneous catalyzed chemical reactions comprises packing elements which are constructed of corrugated plates having inclined corrugations and catalyst members which are disposed between the plates. In one embodiment, the catalyst members have alternating fluted parts and unfluted parts with the fluted parts disposed within the troughs of the adjacent corrugated plate. In other embodiments, the catalyst members may be in the form of unfluted members, continuously fluted members and members which are disposed in planes between pairs of corrugated plates or within the troughs of the corrugated plates.
Claims17
A reactor for performing heterogeneous catalyzed chemical reactions comprising
- at least one packing element including a plurality of corrugated plates disposed in said reactor parallel to a longitudinal of said reactor flow axis, each plate having corrugations disposed at an inclination to said axis and oppositely directed in adjacent plates, and at least one catalyst member of tape form, said catalyst member being disposed between a pair of adjacent corrugated plates and being fluted on a pitch less than the pitch of said corrugations of an adjacent plate to provide a relatively large catalytically operating area relative to said adjacent plate.
A packing element for catalyzed chemical reactions comprising
- a plurality of corrugated plates disposed in parallel to a common axis, each plate having corrugations disposed at an inclination to said axis and oppositely directed to said corrugations of an adjacent plate;
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- at least one catalyst member of tape form, said member being disposed between a pair of adjacent plates and being fluted on a pitch less than the pitch of said corrugations of an adjacent plate to provide a relatively large catalytically active area relative to said adjacent plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.