US 6,982,066 B2 | ||
Reactor for exothermic or endothermic heterogeneous reactions | ||
Ermanno Filippi, Castagnola (Switzerland); Enrico Rizzi, Grandate (Switzerland); and Mirco Tarozzo, Ligornetto (Switzerland) | ||
Assigned to Methanol Casale S.A., (Switzerland) | ||
Appl. No. 10/275,772 PCT Filed May 10, 2001, PCT No. PCT/EP01/04902 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date May 13, 2003, PCT Pub. No. WO01/85331, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 15, 2001. |
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Claims priority of application No. 00109968 (EP), filed on May 11, 2000. | ||
Prior Publication US 2003/0175184 A1, Sep. 18, 2003 | ||
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
Int. Cl. F28D 7/20 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 422—198 | 10 Claims |
1. Reactor for carrying our exothermic or endothermic heterogeneous reactions comprising:
an outer shell of substantially cylindrical shape closed at its ends by respective bottoms provided with at least one aperture
of diameter smaller than the diameter of the shell;
at least one heat exchanger embedded in a catalytic layer supported into said shell;
wherein said heat exchanger is a plate heat exchanger having a cross section of such a dimension as to allow its insertion
through said aperture.
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