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US 9,809,759 B2Granted
Reactor components
AssigneeExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
InventorsPaul F. Keusenkothen, Frank Hershkowitz, Gary D. Mohr, Changmin Chun, Jeffrey W. Frederick
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to reactor components and their use, e.g., in regenerative reactors. A process and apparatus for utilizing different wetted areas along the flow path of a fluid in a pyrolysis reactor, e.g., a thermally regenerating reactor, such as a regenerative, reverse-flow reactor, is described.
Claims6
A hydrocarbon pyrolysis reactor, the reactor comprising:
- a housing enclosing an interior region and having one or more insulation components disposed adjacent to the housing;
- a plurality of input means configured to manage the flow of one or more streams into the interior region from a location external to the interior region;
- one or more process flow components configured to manage the flow of fluids through the interior region, wherein the one or more process flow components comprise (i) a first bed packing having a first plurality of flow passages and a first wetted area av1;
- (ii) a second bed packing having a second plurality of flow passages and a second wetted area av2, wherein the ratio of the second wetted area av2 to the first wetted area av1 is ≦0.75;
- and (iii) a third bed packing having a third plurality of flow passages and a third wetted area av3, wherein the ratio of the third wetted area av3 to the second wetted area av2 is ≦0.75.
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