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US 6,916,453 B2Granted
Reactor for exothermic or endothermic heterogeneous reactions
AssigneeMethanol Casale S.A.
InventorsErmanno Filippi, Enrico Rizzi, Mirco Tarozzo
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Abstract
A reactor (1) for carrying out exothermic or endothermic heterogeneous reactions comprising an outer shell (2) of substantially cylindrical shape and at least a heat exchanger (9) embedded in a catalytic layer (10) supported in said shell (2), is characterized in that the heat exchanger (9) is a plate (14) heat exchanger.
Claims11
Reactor (1) for carrying out exothermic or endothermic heterogeneous reactions comprising:
- an outer shell (2) of substantially cylindrical shape;
- at least a heat exchanger (9) embedded in a catalytic layer (10) supported into said shell (2);
- characterised in that:
- said heat exchanger (9) is a plate (14) heat exchanger.
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Method for the manufacture of a reactor (1) for carrying out endothermic or exothermic heterogeneous reactions comprising the steps of:
- recovering a substantially cylindrical shell of an existing reactor;
- arranging at least one catalytic layer (10) inside said recovered shell;
- arranging at least a plate heat exchanger (9) in said at least one catalytic layer (10).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.