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US 7,906,079 B2Granted
Stackable structural reactor
AssigneeCatacel Corp.
InventorsWilliam A. Whittenberger, David A. Becker, Randall J. Bartos
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Abstract
A reactor including a monolith having a plurality of fins in an annular arrangement for receiving fluid flow through the reactor. The monolith is disposed within a generally cylindrical outer tube, and around a corrugated inner tube. The reactor includes a device for urging the monolith radially outward, so as to maintain contact between the monolith and the outer tube.
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A reactor comprising:
- a monolith having a top end and a bottom end, said monolith comprising a plurality of fins in an annular arrangement wherein said fins define flow channels for receiving fluid flow through said reactor such that said fluid flows through said monolith from one of said top end or bottom end to the opposite of said top end or bottom end;
- said monolith having an outer annular surface forming an outer annular diameter and an inner annular surface forming an inner annular diameter, said inner annular surface defining a center section of said reactor;
- said monolith having a cut along an annular surface, said cut along an annular surface forming an open channel extending around a portion of said an annular surface;
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- an outer tube adjacent said outer annular surface of said monolith.
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A reactor comprising:
- a series of monoliths stacked together, wherein each monolith in said series having a top end and a bottom end, and each monolith in said series comprises a plurality of fins in an annular arrangement wherein said fins define substantially vertical flow channels for receiving fluid flow through said reactor such that said fluid flows through said monolith from one of said top end or bottom end to the opposite of said top end or bottom end;
- said each monolith having an outer annular surface forming an outer annular diameter and an inner annular surface forming an inner annular diameter, said inner annular surface defining a center section of said reactor;
- a series of bladders stacked together adjacent said inner annular surface of said series of monoliths, said series of bladders forming a boundary between said series of monoliths and said center section of said reactor;
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- an outer tube adjacent said outer annular surface of said monolith.
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A reactor for use in a fluid flow system comprising:
- a monolith having a length measured from the top surface of said monolith to the bottom surface of said monolith;
- said monolith comprising a plurality of fins in an annular arrangement wherein said fins define flow channels for receiving fluid flow through said reactor;
- said monolith having an outer annular surface forming an outer annular diameter and an inner annular surface forming an inner annular diameter, said inner annular surface defining a center section of said reactor;
- an inner tube adjacent said inner annular surface of said monolith;
- a cone washer adjacent said inner tube, wherein said cone washer forms an elbow joint with said inner tube;
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- said elbow joint being located at a position selected from the group consisting of:
- greater than 50 percent of said monolith length from said top surface of said monolith for a down flow system or greater than 60 percent of said monolith length from said bottom surface of said monolith for an up flow system.
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A reactor comprising:
- a monolith comprising a plurality of fins in an annular arrangement wherein said fins define flow channels for receiving fluid flow through said reactor, said monolith being expandable in a radial direction;
- said monolith having an outer annular surface forming an outer annular diameter and an inner annular surface forming an inner annular diameter, said inner annular surface defining a center section of said reactor;
- an expandable corrugated inner tube adjacent said inner annular surface of said monolith;
- an expandable corrugated cone washer adjacent said inner tube, wherein said inner tube and said cone washer form a substantially leak proof boundary between said monolith and said center section of said reactor;
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- said boundary forcing substantially all fluid flow through said reactor through said monolith and away from said center section of said reactor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.