Monolithic reactor
View Patent ↗A monolith catalyst carrier for insertion in a tube of a tubular reactor has a container for holding a monolith catalyst in use. The container has a bottom surface closing the container and a skirt extending upwardly from the bottom surface of the container to a position below the location of a seal and spaced therefrom. The skirt is positioned such that there is a space between an outer surface of the monolith catalyst and the skirt. A seal is located at or near a top surface of the monolith catalyst and extends from the monolith catalyst by a distance which extends beyond an outer surface of the skirt.
1. A monolith catalyst carrier for insertion in a tube of a tubular reactor comprising:
a container for holding a monolith catalyst in use, said container having a bottom surface closing the container and a skirt extending upwardly from the bottom surface of said container to a position below the location of a seal and spaced therefrom, said skirt being positioned such that there is a space between an outer surface of the monolith catalyst and the skirt; and
a seal located at or near a top surface of the monolith catalyst and extending from the monolith catalyst by a distance which extends beyond an outer surface of the skirt.
2. A monolith catalyst carrier according to claim 1 wherein the monolith catalyst is
a solid.
3. A monolith catalyst carrier according to claim 1 additionally including feet on the upper face of the bottom surface.
4. A monolith catalyst carrier according to claim 1 wherein the monolith catalyst has a channel extending longitudinally therethrough.
5. A monolith catalyst carrier according to claim 4 wherein the monolith catalyst is of circular cross-section.
6. A monolith catalyst carrier according to claim 4 wherein the catalyst earner includes a top surface which, in use, will extend over the monolith catalyst but leave the channel uncovered.
7. A monolith catalyst carrier according to claim 1 wherein the bottom surface includes one or more drain holes.
8. A monolith catalyst carrier according to claim 1 wherein one or more spacer means extend downwardly from the bottom surface of the container.
9. A monolith catalyst carrier according to claim 1 wherein the seal, or where present, the top surface, include on its upper surface means to locate the container against a catalyst carrier stacked above the container in use.
10. A monolith catalyst carrier according to claim 1 wherein the upwardly extending skirt is shaped.
11. A monolith catalyst carrier according to claim 10 wherein the shaping on the upwardly extending skirt is corrugations.
12. A monolith catalyst carrier according to claim 10 wherein the shaping of the upwardly extending skirt is flattened to a smooth configuration towards the point, at which it is connected to the bottom surface.
13. A monolith catalyst carrier according to claim 1 including catalyst.
14. A reactor tube comprising a plurality of catalyst carriers of claim 1 .
15. A reactor comprising one or more of the reactor tubes of claim 14 .
16. A process for carrying out a reaction wherein the reactants enter into a catalyst carrier of claim 1 .
17. A process according to claim 16 wherein the reaction is an exothermic reaction or an endothermic reaction.