Catalytic reactor for carrying out conjugate chemical reactions

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A CATALYTIC REACTOR FOR CARRYING OUT CONJUGATE CHEMICAL REACTIONS, SAID REACTOR COMPRISING: A HOLLOW BODY INCLUDING A CYLINDRICAL CASING AND OPPOSITE END COVERS, A THIN-WALL PLATE DISPOSED IN SAID BODY AND COILED AS A DOUBLE SPIRAL TO DEFINE TWO REACTION ZONES SEPARATED FROM ONE ANOTHER BY SAID THINWALL PLATE, SAID THIN-WALL PLATE BEING MADE OF A PALLADIUM ALLOY THAT IS SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE TO HYDROGEN AND IS CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE WITH REGARD TO THE REACTIONS TAKING PLACE IN SAID TWO ZONES, SAID THIN-WALL PLATE HAVING UPPER AND LOWER EDGES WHICH ARE SEALABLY ENGAGED IN SAID COVERS OF THE BODY AND END EDGES WHICH ARE SEALABLY ENGAGED IN SAID CAUSING INLET MEANS FOR FEEDING REACTANT PRODUCTS INTO SAID ZONES RESPECTIVELY AND OUTLET MEANS FOR DISCHARGING THE REACTION PRODUCTS FROM SAID RESPECTIVE ZONES, SAID INLET MEANS BEING DISPOSED AT ONE OF THE END COVERS AND THE OUTLET MEANS AT THE OTHER OF THE END COVERS ONE OF SAID INLET AND OUTLET MEANS COMPRISING TWO CONDUITS AT DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE LOCATIONS PROXIMATE SAID CASING AND THE OTHER OF SID INLET AND OUTLET MEANS COMPRISING TWO COMDUITS ADJACENT ONE ANOTHER CENTRALLY IN SAID CASING.