Catalytic reactor
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorsHendrik Martinus Wentinck, Jacobus Antonius Jozef Smit
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Abstract
The invention relates to a reactor (1), suitable for the catalytic conversion of a feed mixture which is capable of explosion and/or ignition, comprising a feed supply chamber (2), an effluent discharge chamber (3), a catalyst bed (4) having an upstream surface (5) and a downstream surface (6) which is in fluid communication with the effluent discharge chamber (3), and means for covering part of the upstream surface (5) that partly confine the feed supply chamber (2), wherein the feed supply chamber (2) has, during normal operation, no zones where the fluid flow is stagnant, to the use of such a reactor (1), in particular a catalytic partial oxidation process, and to transport means provided with such a reactor (1).
Claims4
A reactor suitable for the catalytic conversion of a feed mixture which is capable of explosion or ignition comprising:
- a feed supply chamber, an effluent discharge chamber, a catalyst bed having an upstream surface and a downstream surface which is in fluid communication with the effluent discharge chamber, and means for covering part of the upstream surface that partly confine the feed supply chamber comprising a rotable disc having an axis of rotation parallel to and excentric with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the catalyst bed, which disc has a radius which is larger than the sum of the radius of the catalyst bed and the distance between the longitudinal axis of the catalyst bed and the axis of rotation of the discs, and which disc has at least one opening excentric to the axis of rotation, wherein the feed supply chamber has, during normal operation, no zones where the fluid flow is stagnant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.