Reactor for exothermic or endothermic heterogeneous reactions
View Patent ↗A reactor ( 1 ) for carrying out exothermic or endothermic heterogeneous reactions comprising an outer shell ( 2 ) of substantially cylindrical shape and at least a heat exchanger ( 9 ) embedded in a catalytic layer ( 10 ) supported in said shell ( 2 ), is characterized in that the heat exchanger ( 9 ) is a plate ( 14 ) heat exchanger.
1. Reactor for carrying our exothermic or endothermic heterogeneous reactions comprising:
an outer shell of substantially cylindrical shape closed at its ends by respective bottoms provided with at least one aperture of diameter smaller than the diameter of the shell;
at least one heat exchanger embedded in a catalytic layer supported into said shell;
wherein said heat exchanger is a plate heat exchanger having a cross section of such a dimension as to allow its insertion through said aperture.
2. Reactor according to claim 1 , wherein said plates of said exchanger comprise ducts extending parallel to the axis of said shell.
3. Reactor according to claim 2 , wherein said plates of said exchanger comprise respective mutually juxtaposed walls which defined between them said ducts extending parallel to the axis of said shell.
4. Reactor according to claim 2 , wherein said shell supports a plurality of said heat exchangers in fluid communication with a feed duct of a heat exchange fluid.
5. Reactor according to claim 2 , further comprising anchoring means of at least one of said exchangers.
6. Reactor according to claim 1 , wherein said plates of said exchanger comprise ducts extending perpendicularly to the axis of said shell.
7. Reactor according to claim 6 , wherein said plates of said exchanger comprise respective mutually juxtaposed walls which define between them said ducts extending perpendicularly to the axis of said shell.
8. Reactor according to claim 6 , wherein said shell supports a plurality of said heat exchangers in fluid communication with a feed duct of a heat exchange fluid.
9. Reactor according to claim 6 , wherein said heat exchangers are arranged radially in said catalytic layer.
10. Reactor according to claim 6 , wherein it comprises anchoring means of at least one of said exchangers.