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Heat exchange process and reactor

US7780926B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 24, 2005
Grant dateAug 24, 2010
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Expiry dateNov 20, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF28F2240/00
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Process for carrying out heat exchange reactions comprising introducing a reactant stream into a bed of catalytic material placed outside at least one double walled heat transfer tube in a heat exchange reactor contacting the reactant stream with the catalytic material in indirect heat exchange with a heat transfer medium present in the annular volume of the at least one double walled heat transfer tube, the annular volume comprising one or more spacer elements creating a helical flow path of the heat transfer medium around the inner heat transfer tube of the at least one double walled heat transfer tube. The invention also includes a heat exchange reactor for carrying out the above reaction.

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