Liquid distributor with cleaning mechanism

US6699443B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Roland Hourticolon · Leichlingen, DE
• Reinhard Eltner · Goldkronach, DE
• Juergen Latzel · Wuppertal, DE
• Gerd Goebel · Erkrath, DE
• Petro Mendia · Alsdorf, DE
• Axel Geisler · Goldkronach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 16, 1998
• Grant date: Mar 2, 2004
• Expiry date: Aug 19, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/4238
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A liquid distributor, for a substantially vertical reactor with a fixed bed catalyst, in the form of a channel distributor with drainage outlets and further comprising an internal cleaning mechanism with cleaning elements to be lowered into the openings of the drainage outlets, is disclosed.