Process and apparatus for controlling reaction temperatures
US5525311A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 2, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S585/921
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A reactor arrangement and process for indirectly contacting a reactant stream with a heat exchange stream uses an arrangement of corrugated heat exchange plates to control temperature conditions by varying the number and/or the arrangement of the corrugations along the plates. The reactor arrangement and process of this invention may be used to operate a reactor under isothermal or other controlled temperature conditions. The variation in corrugation arrangements within a single heat exchange section is highly useful in maintaining a desired temperature profile in an arrangement having a cross-flow of heat exchange medium relative to reactants. The corrugations arrangement eliminates or minimizes the typical step-wise approach to isothermal conditions.
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