Reactor for the preparation of halogenated compounds from hydrocarbons

Claim 1

A REACTOR FOR THE PREPARATION OF HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS FROM HYDROCARBONS, AT TEMPERATURES OF FROM 400* TO 800*C. AND UNDER PRESSURES OF FROM 50 TO 700 KP/CM2 COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CYLINDRICAL REACTOR UNITS, SAID REACTOR UNITS HAVING INTERNAL BORES AND BEING ALIGNED ON A COMMON LONGITUDUNAL AXIS WITH SAID INTERNAL BORES IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OTHER, A SEALING ELEMENT POSITIONED BETWEEN AND CONNECTING THE ADJACENT ENDS OF EACH OF SAID ALIGNED REACTOR UNITS, SAID SEALING ELEMENT COMPRISING A NICKEL CORE HAVING AN INTERNAL BORE LOCATED GENERALLY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE BORES OF ITS ADJACENT REACTOR UNITS, EACH OF SAID REACTOR UNITS HAVING A NICKEL LINING ON THEIR RESPECTIVE INTERNAL BORES, SAID LINING EXTENDING BEYOND THE END PORTIONS OF THE REACTOR UNITS AND BEING FLANGED OVER AT LEAST A PORTION OF THEIR ASSOCIATED REACTOR UNIT END PORTIONS, TWO CIRCUMFERENTIAL FLANGED RINGS BOLTED TOGETHER SURROUNDING SAID SEALING ELEMENT IN A PLANE PERPENDICULAR TO THE AXIS OF ITS BORE TO REINFORCE SAID SEALING ELEMENT, SAID REACTOR UNITS BEING INDEPENDENTLY HEATED AND HAVING RADIALLY EXTENDING CIRCUMFERENTIAL FLANGES SECURED THERETO ADJACENT THEIR RESPECTIVE END PORTIONS, A PLURALITY OF EXPANSION BOLTS EXTENDING THROUGH ALL OF SAID FLANGES, AND SPRING MEANS COOPERATING BETWEEN SAID FLANGES AND SAID BOLTS FOR COMPRISING SAID SEALING ELEMENT BETWEEN THE FLANGES OF SAID NICKEL LINING.