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.
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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.