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US 6,958,135 B1Granted
Isothermal reactor for exothermic or endothermic heterogeneous reactions
AssigneeMethanol Casale S.A.
InventorsErmanno Filippi, Enrico Rizzi, Mirco Tarozzo
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Abstract
An isothermal reactor for carrying out heterogeneous exothermic or endothermic reactions, includes within a catalytic bed (3) housed in an appropriate outer shell (2), at least one tube (13) for the passage of a cooling or heating fluid which advantageously extends within the bed (3) along a plane substantially perpendicular with respect to opposed perforated side walls (4, 5) of the catalytic bed.
Claims11
Isothermal reactor for carrying out heterogeneous exothermic or endothermic reactions, comprising:
- a preferably vertical, outer shell (2) of substantially cylindrical shape;
- at least one catalytic bed (3) provided in the shell (2) and comprising opposed perforated side walls (4, 5) for the inlet of a flow comprising reactants and the outlet of a flow comprising reacted substances, respectively;
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- at least one tube (13) passing through said at least one catalytic bed (3) for the passage of a cooling or heating fluid;
- characterized in that said at least one tube (13) extends within said at least one catalytic bed (3) along a plane substantially perpendicular with respect to the side walls (4, 5).
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