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Shell-and-tube reactor including a distribution device for a gas-liquid phase mixture

US7807116B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Wolfgang Gerlinger · Schifferstadt, DE
Torsten Mattke · Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE
Oliver Bey · Niederkirchen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 18, 2006
Grant date	Oct 5, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 27, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01J2208/00884
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A shell-and-tube reactor is disclosed. Contact tubes are disposed within a cylindrical housing and are secured to tube plates. Gas and liquid phases are received via a feed opening in a lower end cap and discharged via an upper end cap in the housing. A distributor device is disposed in the housing, such that the tube plates serve as a horizontal plate for the distributor device to back up the gas phase and form a gas cushion, and vertical elements extend from the contact tubes. The vertical elements are adapted to conduct the liquid phase, are open in the upstream direction, and project outward in the direction of the feed opening through the gas cushion. The vertical elements further include at least one first opening on the circumference for the gas phase and at least one second opening for the liquid phase.

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