Temperature regulating reactor apparatus and method
First Claim
1. A reactor apparatus useful in regulating temperature in a heterogeneous reaction system, said apparatus comprising a reactor packed with a bed of solid particles through which a reactant fluid phase of said heterogeneous reaction system is passed, and having a plurality of heat transfer medium passage means disposed in said bed of solid particles with said passage means being substantially transverse to reactant flow through said reactor with adjacent passage means being in spaced relationship relative to each other about the longitudinal axis of said reactor.
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Abstract
A reactor apparatus and method useful in regulating temperature in a heterogeneous reaction system is provided. The apparatus includes an elongated tube reactor packed with a bed of solid particles through which a reactant fluid phase is passed. A plurality of heat transfer medium passage tubes are disposed in the bed of solid particles with adjacent tubes spaced relative to each other about the longitudinal axis of the reactor and with the tubes being substantially transverse to reactant flow through the reactor. The temperature in the system may, in turn, be regulated by effecting flow of a heat transfer medium through the passage tubes.
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- 1. A reactor apparatus useful in regulating temperature in a heterogeneous reaction system, said apparatus comprising a reactor packed with a bed of solid particles through which a reactant fluid phase of said heterogeneous reaction system is passed, and having a plurality of heat transfer medium passage means disposed in said bed of solid particles with said passage means being substantially transverse to reactant flow through said reactor with adjacent passage means being in spaced relationship relative to each other about the longitudinal axis of said reactor.
- 8. A reactor apparatus useful in regulating temperature in a heterogeneous reaction system during conversion of a gaseous feed comprising synthesis gas to C2+ hydrocarbon, said apparatus comprising a reactor packed with a bed of particles comprising Fischer-Tropsch catalyst and having a plurality of tubes imbedded in said bed of particles, with said tubes having a heat transfer medium passing therethrough and being substantially transverse to feed flow through said reactor.
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16. A reactor apparatus useful in regulating temperature in a reaction system during conversion of a gaseous feed comprising carbon monoxide, hydrogen and nitrogen to C2+ hydrocarbons, said apparatus comprising a reactor containing a bed of solid particles comprising Fischer-Tropsch catalyst maintained at a pressure in the range of from about 1 to about 50 pounds per square inch gauge, said apparatus having a plurality of pancake-shaped tubes disposed in said bed of particles and having a heat transfer medium passing therethrough to maintain the temperature in said reactor in the range of from about 160°
- C. to about 240°
C., with said tubes being substantially transverse to feed flow with at least one of said tubes comprising a plurality of interconnected spaced tube segments with said solid particles being of a size up to about one-half the space between adjacent segments of said tube. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
- C. to about 240°
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26. A method of regulating temperature in a heterogeneous reaction system, said method comprising the step of:
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effecting flow of a heat transfer medium through passage means in a reactor apparatus comprising; a reactor packed with a bed of solid particles through which a reactant fluid phase of said heterogeneous reaction system is passed, said apparatus including a plurality of heat transfer medium tubes disposed in said bed of solid particles with said passage means being substantially transverse to reactant flow through said reactor with adjacent passage means being in spaced relationship relative to each other about the longitudinal axis of said reactor. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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