Fluid-wall reactor for high temperature chemical reaction processes

    公开(公告)号:US4199545A

    公开(公告)日:1980-04-22

    申请号:US792858

    申请日:1977-05-02

    Applicant: Edwin Matovich

    Inventor: Edwin Matovich

    Abstract: A fluid-wall reactor for high temperature chemical reactions is described, the reactor comprising (A) a porous reactor tube, at least a portion of the interior of which defines a reaction zone, the tube being made of a fabric of a fibrous refractory material; (B) a pressure vessel enclosing the reactor tube to define an inert fluid plenum, the pressure vessel having at least one inlet for admitting the inert fluid which is directed under pressure through the porous tube wall to provide a protective blanket for the inside surface of the reactor tube; (C) means for introducing at least one reactant into the reaction zone, the reactants being directed in a predetermined path axially of the reactor tube and being confined by the protective blanket substantially centrally within the reaction zone; (D) means disposed within the plenum for heating the reactor tube to the temperature level at which it emits sufficient radiant energy to initiate and sustain the desired chemical reaction, the radiant energy being directed into the reaction zone to coincide with at least a portion of the path of the reactants; and (E) a heat shield disposed within the pressure vessel, substantially enclosing the heating means and the reaction zone to define a black body cavity, the heat shield reflecting radiant energy toward the reaction zone.The fluid-wall reactor of the invention may be used in virtually any high temperature chemical reaction, many of which reactions have been previously regarded as impractical or only theoretically possible. Among the reactions which may be carried out in the fluid-wall reactor of the invention as the dissociation of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbonaceous materials, such as coal and various petroleum fractions, into hydrogen and carbon black; the steam reforming of coal, petroleum fractions, oil shale, tar sands, lignite, and any carbonaceous or hydrocarbonaceous feedstock into synthesis gas mixtures; the partial dissociation of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbonaceous materials into lower molecular weight compounds; the partial pyrolysis of saturated hydrocarbons into unsaturated hydrocarbons, such as ethylene, propylene and acetylene; the conversion of organic waste materials, such as sewage sludge, into a fuel gas; the complete or partial desulfurization of sulfur-containing hydrocarbonaceous feedstocks; and the reduction of mineral ores with hydrogen, carbon, synthesis gas, or other reducing agent.

    Chemical reaction process utilizing fluid-wall reactors
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    利用流体壁反应器的化学反应过程

    公开(公告)号:US4059416A

    公开(公告)日:1977-11-22

    申请号:US649971

    申请日:1976-01-19

    Applicant: Edwin Matovich

    Inventor: Edwin Matovich

    Abstract: High temperature chemical reaction processes utilizing fluid-wall reactors can be conducted in fluid-wall reactors by a process which includes the steps of (a) generating an annular envelope of an inert fluid which is substantially transparent to radiation within a shell of a refractory material which reflects radiation, the volume enclosed by the shell constituting a black body cavity, the envelope having substantial axial length and the interior of the envelope defining a reaction chamber; (b) introducing two groups of reactants into the black body cavity and into the reaction chamber, at least one reactant from each group being directed along a predetermined path substantially coincident with the longitudinal axis of the envelope, the first and second groups of reactants respectively being capable of reacting endothermically and exothermically at a predetermined temperature; and (c) directing high intensity radiant energy into the reaction chamber to coincide with at least a portion of the predetermined path of the carbonaceous feedstock, sufficient radiant energy being absorbed within the reaction chamber to raise the temperature of the reactants to the predetermined temperature required to initiate and sustain the endothermic and exothermic chemical reactions.

    Abstract translation: 利用流体壁反应器的高温化学反应过程可以通过一种方法在流体壁反应器中进行,该方法包括以下步骤:(a)产生对耐火材料的壳体内辐射基本上透明的惰性流体的环形包层 其反射辐射,由构成黑色体腔的外壳包围的体积,该信封具有相当大的轴向长度,并且该封套的内部限定一个反应室; (b)将两组反应物引入黑色体腔并进入反应室,来自每组的至少一种反应物沿预定路径被引导,该预定路径基本上与外壳的纵向轴线,第一组和第二组反应物重合 能够在预定温度下吸热和放热反应; 并且(c)将高强度辐射能引导到反应室中以与碳质原料的至少一部分预定路径重合,在反应室内吸收足够的辐射能,将反应物的温度升高到所需的预定温度 启动和维持吸热和放热的化学反应。

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