Apparatus for controlling reaction temperatures
US5762887A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 4, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 9, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S585/911
- 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 heat exchange plates to control temperature conditions by varying the heat transfer factor in different portions of a continuous channel defined by the heat exchange 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 the heat transfer factor 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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