Reactor and method for maximizing methanol yield by using catalyst layers

US10737230B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD · CH
• L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude · FR

Inventors

• Hannsjoerg Freund · Baiersdorf, DE
• Robert Frind · Dresden, DE
• Tobias Henkel · Louisville, US
• Markus Kaiser · Root, CH
• Timm Schuhmann · Bensheim, DE
• Wolfgang Seuffert · Bruckmühl, DE
• Sebastian Werner · Weinheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 13, 2018
• Grant date: Aug 11, 2020
• Expiry date: Feb 13, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/52
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a reactor for the catalytic production of methanol, in which at least two catalyst layers are arranged. The first catalyst layer is arranged upstream and the second catalyst layer is arranged downstream. The activity of the first catalyst layer is higher than the activity of the second catalyst layer.