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

US8597586B2 · 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 9, 2006
Grant date	Dec 3, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 7, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01J2219/1928
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 for a gas phase/liquid phase mixture is disposed below the lowermost tube plate. The distributor device includes a distributor plate and a predistributor. The distributor plate is arranged horizontally within the housing and includes an active area having through-openings and a downward-extending margin, but does not extend over the entire cross section of the housing. The predistributor includes a second distributor plate disposed between the feed opening and the first distributor plate, wherein the second distributor plate includes a second active area with second through-openings and a second downward-extending margin.

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