Catalyst reactor basket
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsOmer Refa Koseoglu, Salman J. Al-Khaldi
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Abstract
A catalyst reactor basket is provided that includes an outer side wall extending along the outer circumferential periphery and an inner side wall disposed within the outer side wall. An aperture is sized and shaped to allow a fluid to flow axially with respect to the basket. First and second covers are disposed on opposite ends of the outer side wall and inner side wall and a dividing wall is disposed between the first and second covers. The dividing wall defines a first and second chamber within the inner volume of the basket. A plurality of partitions are disposed within the first and second chambers. The plurality of partitions define a plurality of compartments within the first and second chambers, each compartment being sized and shaped to receive a catalyst.
Claims20
A catalyst reactor basket arranged to receive a combination of catalysts in separate chambers, comprising:
- an outer side wall extending along the outer periphery of the basket and extending to define an inner volume of the basket;
- an inner side wall disposed within the outer side wall, the inner side wall extending to define an aperture that defines a inner boundary of the volume of the basket, the aperture being sized and shaped to allow a fluid to flow axially with respect to the basket;
- first and second covers disposed on opposite ends of the outer side wall and inner side wall, the first and second covers defining respective ends of the inner volume of the basket, at least a portion of the first and second covers being fluid permeable;
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- a dividing wall disposed between the first and second covers, the dividing wall defining a first and second chamber within the inner volume of the basket, at least a portion of the dividing wall being fluid permeable, wherein each of the first and second chambers being sized to receive a respective catalyst so as to enable a two-stage reaction in a single pass of the fluid in the axial direction.
A method of catalyzing a fluid, the method comprising:
- disposing a catalyst reactor basket in a reactor, the basket defining a volume and having a fluid permeable dividing wall within the volume of the basket;
- receiving a first catalyst within a first chamber on a first side of the fluid permeable dividing wall and a second catalyst within a second chamber on a second side of the fluid permeable dividing wall;
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- flowing the fluid in the reactor through the first and second chambers of the catalyst reactor basket and across the fluid permeable dividing wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.