High-pressure contacting apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CONTACTING SEPARATE PHASES AT CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE AND HIGH PRESSURE, WHICH APPARATUS COMPRISES A PRESSURE VESSEL, A THERMOWELL CASING EXTENDING INTO THE BASE OF SAID VESSEL WITH AN OPEN TOP AND A CLOSED BASE, A THREADED OPENING THROUGH SAID BASE, AND REMOVABLY SECURED THROUGH SAID THREADED OPENING, AN ELONGATED CLOSURE ELEMENT FOR CLOSING THE TOP OF SAID PRESSURE VESSEL, SAID CLOSURE ELEMENT HAVING AN ELONGATED UPPER PORTION OF NON-MAGETIC MATERIAL, A BORE IN SAID ELONGATED UPPER PORTION COMMUNICATING WITH SAID VESSEL AND IN SUBSTANTIAL ALIGNMENT THEREWITH, A MIXER ELEMENT IN SAID VESSEL, A MOVABLE MAGNETIC CORE IN SAID BORE, A NON-MAGNETIC STEM CONNECTING SAID CORE TO SAID MIXER ELEMENT, A LOWER SOLENOID SUBSTANTIALLY SURROUNDING SAID CORE IN ITS LOWER POSITION, AN UPPER SOLENOID SUBSTANTIALLY SURROUNDING SAID CORE IN ITS UPPER POSITION, A TIME FOR SEPARATELY CONTROLLING THE ENERGIZING OF EACH SOLENOID, A CLOSURE CAP FOR SECURING SAID HEAD ON SAID VESSEL, AND A HEATER SUPPORT FOR SAID PRESSURE VESSEL, SAID HEATER SUPPORT COMPRISING AN ANNULAR INSULATED JACKED, AN UPPER INNER WALL OF SLIGHTLY LARGER INSIDE DIAMETER THAN THE OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF THE SECURING MEANS, A CAP INNER WALL OF SLIGHTLY LARGER INSIDE DIAMETER THAN THE OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF THE SAID PRESSURE VESSEL, SUPPORTS AT THE TOP OF THE LOWER WALLS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LOWER PART OF THE SECURING MEANS, AN ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT SURROUNDING THE LOWER INNER WALLS, A CONNECTION FOR INTRODUCING A FLUID INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE LOWER WALS, A CONNECTION FOR WITHDRAWING FLUID FROM SAID SPACE, AND A PACKING UNIT ASSEMBLY FOR SEALING THE SPACE BETWEEN THE LOWER WALLS AND THE THERMOWELL CASING.