Apparatus for controlling reaction temperatures
US6432369B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 19, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J2208/021
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus for contacting reactants with a particulate catalyst while indirectly contacting the reactants with a heat exchange medium amid simultaneous exchange of catalyst particles by an operation that sequentially restricts reactant flow while moving catalyst through reaction stacks in which the reactant flow has been restricted. The apparatus permits a change out of catalyst in a channel type reactor arrangement that would normally restrict catalyst flow during operation. Moving catalyst through a heat exchange type reactor having reactant and heat exchange channels permits control of catalyst activity as well as temperatures.
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