Abstract:
The catalytic reactor with downward flow comprises a chamber (1) containing at least two solid catalyst beds (2; 11) separated by an intermediate zone comprising an essentially horizontal collecting plate (5) communicating with a vertical collecting pipe (7) for receiving fluids collected by the collecting plate, with a means for injecting a quenching fluid (8) emptying into the collecting pipe. An annular mixing chamber (9) is located below the collecting plate (5). A predistribution plate (11) is arranged below the chamber (9).The injection means (8) comprises a tubular portion that empties into the collecting pipe (7) in such a way as to inject quenching fluid in a direction forming an angle θ between 45° and 135° with the direction D from the axis of the mixing chamber measured at its input end.
Abstract:
The present invention describes a liquid-liquid extraction column with perforated plates and overflows, the plates also being equipped with an additional friction element which makes it possible to increase the thickness of the layer of coalesced matter and to guarantee a counter-current flow of the continuous and dispersed phases.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a plate that allows the distribution of a polyphase mixture in a reactor that operates in the trickle mode and that consists of at least one gaseous phase and at least one liquid phase, with the plate (10) being located above a catalytic particle bed, comprising a number of shafts (3), characterized in that a portion of the shafts of the plate, located close to the wall of the reactor chamber, called peripheral shafts, are truncated.The invention also relates to the use of the plate in a reactor for the purpose of carrying out reactions of hydrotreatment, hydrogenation, or oxidation.
Abstract:
Liquid-liquid extraction column (1) comprising points for feedstock injection (2), washing (3) and backwashing (4), two withdrawal points (5, 6), trays (Pi) located along the column and defining 2 to 30 zones each comprising at least two trays, the n zones comprising: at least one extraction zone Zi comprising the zones from Z1 to Zx, x being greater than or equal to 1, and at least one backwash zone comprising the zones from Zx+1 to Zn, n being greater than x; in which the trays of the same zone have the same number of holes per perforated tray; in which, when x>1, the number of holes per perforated tray of the zones Zi increases when i increases; and when x=1, said number of holes of the backwash zone is less than/greater than than that of the zone Z1.
Abstract:
Liquid-liquid extraction column (1) comprising injection points for feedstock (2), for washing (3) and for backwashing (4), two withdrawal points (5, 6), trays (Pi) located along the column and defining 2 to 30 zones each comprising at least two trays, the n zones comprising: at least one extraction zone Zi comprising the zones from Z1 to Zx, x being greater than or equal to 1, and at least one backwash zone comprising the zones from Zx+1 to Zn, n being greater than x; in which the trays of one and the same zone exhibit one and the same height H of inter-tray space (10); in which, when x>1, the height H of the zones Zi increases when i increases; and, when x=1, the height H of the at least one backwash zone is less than the height H of zone Z1.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a device, a column and a method for radial separation or reaction, wherein the adsorption chamber (9) has a charging height (H3) greater than the height of the distribution duct (6) and the height of the collecting duct (8), and the upper wall (2) of the adsorption chamber (9) comprises at least one inlet (16) for washing solvent.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for purifying an aqueous solution comprising ethanol, acetaldehyde and diethylacetal comprising: a step A) of countercurrent liquid-liquid extraction comprising an extraction section supplied at the top by said aqueous solution as a mixture with at least one fraction of the water/ethanol/acetaldehyde raffinate resulting from the back extraction step B), and at the bottom by an extraction solvent, and producing an extract at the top and a purified feedstock at the bottom; —a step B) of countercurrent liquid-liquid back extraction comprising a back extraction section supplied at the top by an acidic aqueous solution, the pH of which is between 0.5 and 5, and at the bottom by the extract resulting from step A), and producing an extract at the top and a water/ethanol/acetaldehyde raffinate at the bottom.
Abstract:
A fluid mixing and distribution device for a catalytic downflow reactor, said device comprising a collection zone (A), a mixing zone (B) comprising a mixing chamber (15) for fluids and an exchange chamber (16) for fluids, a distribution zone (C), said exchange chamber (16) comprising at least one upper lateral cross-section of flow (17a) and at least one lower lateral cross-section of flow (17b) through which fluids can pass from said exchange chamber (16) to said distribution zone (C), characterized in that said exchange chamber (16) comprises a fluid deflection means (24) fixed to said exchange chamber (16) and located downstream of the upper lateral cross-section of flow (17a), said fluid deflection means (24) forming with said exchange chamber (16) a space (26) in the shape of a pan.
Abstract:
The present invention describes a device for supplying the catalytic zone of a reactive distillation column using a liquid stream as the reaction stream, the flow of liquid in the reactive zone being of the upflow type and gas not encountering the liquid in the reactive zone.
Abstract:
A device for mixing fluids for a downflow catalytic reactor (1): at least one substantially horizontal collector (5) provided with a substantially vertical collection conduit (7) receiving fluids collected by (5); at least one injector (8) of a quench fluid opening into (7); a mixing chamber (9) downstream of (5) having an inlet end connected directly to (7) and an outlet end (10) evacuating the fluids; and a pre-distribution plate (11) having a plurality of perforations and at least one riser (13), located downstream of (9); the section of said mixing chamber (9) is a parallelogram and has at least one means (15) deflecting over at least one of the four internal walls of mixing chamber (9) with a parallelogram section.