Device for mixing and distributing a gas phase and a liquid phase supplied to a granular bed
US7182922B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 2, 2004 |
| Grant date | Feb 27, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J8/0492
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
For mixing and distributing a gas phase and a liquid phase over a granular bed, employing an annular peripheral zone inside a reactor via which liquid is introduced and which acts as a buffer zone against fluctuations in the flow of the liquid phase. The device is applicable to catalytic bed chemical reactors especially for the hydrotreatment of hydrocarbons.
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