US4340501A
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Fluid flow
Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1980-09-02
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Granted: 1982-07-20
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Expires: 2000-09-02
Abstract
Abstract A process and apparatus for contacting a fluid with the walls of a vessel are characterized by flow of the fluid alternatingly (a) through a structure within the vessel and having passages angled to the general direction of flow in the vessel and (b) through a space between the structure and the vessel walls. The structure can be for example a cross flow ceramic or metal honeycomb or a stack of profiled plates or of apertured plates such as expanded metal. The structure can carry a catalytic coating and then affords high activity and low pressure drop. The process and apparatus are especially suitable for endothermic tubular steam hydrocarbon reforming.
Inventors
- 👤 Peter J. Davidson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 05:55
CPC Classifications
F; F28; F28F; F28F13/00; F28F13/06; B; B01; B01J; B01J12/00; B01J12/007; B01J15/00; B01J15/005; B01J19/00; B01J19/24; B01J19/2415; B01J19/32; B01J35/00; B01J35/50; B01J35/56; C; C01; C01B; C01B3/00; C01B3/02; C01B3/32; C01B3/34; C01B3/38; C01B3/384; B01J2219/00; B01J2219/00049; B01J2219/00051; B01J2219/00074; B01J2219/00076; B01J2219/00085; B01J2219/18; B01J2219/185; B01J2219/32; B01J2219/322; B01J2219/32203; B01J2219/32206; B01J2219/3221; B01J2219/32213; B01J2219/32224; B01J2219/32227; B01J2219/32296; B01J2219/324; B01J2219/32466; C01B2203/00; C01B2203/02; C01B2203/0205; C01B2203/0227; C01B2203/0233; C01B2203/08; C01B2203/0805; C01B2203/0811; C01B2203/0816; C01B2203/0866; C01B2203/10; C01B2203/1005; C01B2203/1023; C01B2203/1035; C01B2203/1041; C01B2203/1047; C01B2203/1052; C01B2203/1064; C01B2203/1082; C01B2203/12; C01B2203/1205; C01B2203/1211; C01B2203/1235; F01; F01N; F01N2330/00; F01N2330/30; F01N2330/34; Y; Y02; Y02P; Y02P20/00; Y02P20/50; Y02P20/52; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24149
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
95 words
A process for reacting steam with a gaseous or vaporized hydrocarbon in endothermic conditions flowing over a steam reforming catalyst at a catalyst outlet temperature in the range 600°-1000° C. in a vessel having heated walls, the steam reforming catalyst being in the form of a structure spaced from the vessel walls with through passages angled to the general direction of flow in the vessel, comprising the steps of flowing the reactant mixture alternating (a) through the passages in the catalyst and (b) through the space between the catalyst structure and the heated vessel walls.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
95 words
A process for reacting steam with a gaseous or vaporized hydrocarbon in endothermic conditions flowing over a steam reforming catalyst at a catalyst outlet temperature in the range 600°-1000° C. in a vessel having heated walls, the steam reforming catalyst being in the form of a structure spaced from the vessel walls with through passages angled to the general direction of flow in the vessel, comprising the steps of flowing the reactant mixture alternating (a) through the passages in the catalyst and (b) through the space between the catalyst structure and the heated vessel walls.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process according to claim 1 in which a component of the direction of flow through the passages is chordal to the cross-section of the vessel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the vessel is annular in cross-section and direction of flow through the passages is alternatingly outwardly and inwardly.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the steam reforming catalyst comprises a stack of profiled plates.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A process according to claim 4 in which each plate is apertured so as to provide, in co-operation with the apertures of its neighbouring plates, the required through-flow passage.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the steam reforming catalyst is partitioned along radial planes and in each of the resulting sections the passages are mutually parallel but angled oppositely to the passages in neighbouring sections.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1989-07-19 | 1990-01-18 | 1990-07-20 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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