Process for the production of catalyst packing, reactor containing catalyst packing, and the use thereof

US7109388B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Franz Josef Brocker · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Heinrich Laib · Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE
• Gerd Rohrbacher · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Ekkehard Schwab · Neustadt, DE
• Helmut Jansen · Dormagen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 7, 2001
• Grant date: Sep 19, 2006
• Expiry date: Jan 31, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J2219/3306
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to catalyst packing and a production process for catalyst packing in which a fabricated woven or knitted fabric in the form of continuous web goods is shaped to give a package by stacking a plurality of layers, and segments (S) are cut out of the package and assembled to give one or more course(s) which completely fill the reactor cross section. A reactor containing catalyst packing of this type is particularly suitable for catalytic reactions, preferably for hydrogenations, selective hydrogenations, selective oxidations or isomerizations.