Method of packing catalyst
AssigneeIdemitsu Engineering Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshitaka Minami
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Abstract
Provided are a catalyst packing method and a catalyst packing apparatus with which a desired packed density can be easily and surely obtained by use of a suspended type catalyst ejector, wherein correlated data giving a scattering height from which a desired packed density can be obtained has been determined and stored beforehand in a memory part 74, and by setting a desired packed density, prior to the scattering of catalyst, a selecting part 75 selects a scattering height corresponding to the desired packed density from the correlated data in the memory part 74 and delivers the same to an adjusting part 76 which controls the catalyst ejector 30 so as to obtain this scattering height, thereby the catalyst bed 11 in a reaction tower 10 can be packed at the desired packed density.
Claims3
A method of packing catalyst in a reaction tower by scattering the catalyst from a vertically movable catalyst ejector suspended in said reaction tower, comprising the steps of:
- supporting a noncontact type distance sensor on the catalyst ejector for movement in a substantially horizontal direction;
- scattering catalyst from the catalyst ejector to form a catalyst bed in the reaction tower;
- measuring the distance from the sensor to the surface of the catalyst bed;
- controlling the catalyst density in the catalyst bed by controlling the height at which the catalyst ejector is positioned above the catalyst bed;
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- at the conclusion of the scattering step, moving the sensor substantially horizontally over the surface of the catalyst bed to scan and check the configuration of the surface of the catalyst bed.
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