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Pipe assembly reactor comprising a helically shaped cross section

US7833498B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Hans-Georg Goebbel · Kallstadt, DE
Peter Bassler · Viernheim, DE
Joaquim Henrique Teles · Waldsee, DE
Peter Rudolf · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 20, 2005
Grant date	Nov 16, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 21, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01J2219/1944
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Process and apparatus for the continuous preparation of a chemical compound in at least one reactor, where at least one of the reactors is a shell-and-tube reactor which has a shell and at least one internal tube located within the shell, wherein at least one of the internal tubes has, at least in part, a noncircular cross section and a helical configuration in the region in which it is surrounded by the shell.

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