An improved reactor comprising a shell and at least one reactor internal component. The reactor internal component includes a tube bundle comprising a plurality of tubes attached by at least one tube support plate comprising at least one radial strut and at least one bracket configured to secure to at least one tube of the tube bundle. The tubes are arranged in concentric bands about a longitudinal axis of the reactor. The reactor comprises a gas inlet plate, a catalyst support plate, and a top plate.

An apparatus in a radial reactor is described. The apparatus comprises a vertically elongated conduit extending around a circumference of an outer wall of the radial reactor, a vertically oriented cylindrical center pipe in the radial reactor, and a catalyst bed. The conduit comprises an inner face and an outer face and a pair of opposing sides. The inner face has a plurality of slots. The pair of opposing sides have a plurality of slots. There is a riser at a top of the vertically elongated conduit. The catalyst bed is defined by the center pipe and the inner face.

A fixed bed arrangement formed as an insert for a reactor for catalytic conversion of reaction media, in particular for catalytic methanation of a gas mixture including hydrogen and carbon dioxide, having a receiving chamber, which extends axially within an outer sleeve, and through which reaction media flows during the reactor operation for receiving a catalyst material, and a heat exchanger arrangement having a fluid flow path for a temperature control fluid, which fluid flow path is spatially separated from the receiving chamber, for removing and supplying heat from/to the process. The outer sleeve is formed by the heat exchanger arrangement, at least in regions. The fixed bed arrangement includes a reactor for the catalytic reaction of reaction media having a pressure chamber for receiving reaction media, and such a fixed bed arrangement inserted into the pressure chamber.

A device with annular spouted fluidized bed can be used for carrying out the majority of the technical processes carried out in fluidized bed devices. The reaction chamber of the device has, throughout at least a part of its height, a downwardly tapering funnel shape with step-structured inner surface. The shape of the reaction chamber, together with the tangential admission thereto of fluidized and other gases, makes it possible to create, in the reaction chamber, an adjustable toroidal fluidized bed, in which the rotation rate of the particles of the material undergoing treatment can be adjusted in both horizontal and vertical planes, and also makes it possible to control the dwell time of particles of different sizes in the reaction zone, the intensity with which materials are treated, and other process parameters.

The invention refers to a flow-promoting device (100; 100; 100″) for performing a biological or chemical transformation, or physical or chemical trapping from, or release of agents to, a fluidic medium. The flow-promoting device (100; 100; 100″) comprises a ferromagnetic material (5) and a retaining structure (1; 1; 1″), the retaining structure having a compartment (9; 9″) defined by a permeable material (11; 11″). The retaining structure (1; 1; 1″) comprises a top wall (3; 3″) and a circumferential side wall (4; 4″), wherein the top wall (3; 3″) and the circumferential side wall (4; 4″) is formed mainly by said permeable material (11; 11″). The compartment (9; 9″) of the retaining structure (1; 1; 1″) is arranged to contain at least one fluid-permeable solid reaction member.

A fluidized apparatus contains a double-trapezoid structural member. These fluidized apparatuses are used in the nitro compound hydrogenation reaction process. The fluidized apparatus includes a shell, a gas distributor, and an inner chamber defined by an inner wall of said shell and an upper surface of said gas distributor, in the middle region of said inner chamber is disposed a perforated plate, the perforated plate comprise an outer edge region and a center region, assuming the opening rate of the outer edge region is A1 (the unit is %), assuming the opening rate of the center region is A2 (the unit is %), then A1/A2=0-0.95.

An ebullated bed hydroprocessing system is upgraded and operated at modified conditions using a dual catalyst system to produce less fouling sediment. The less fouling sediment produced by the upgraded ebullated bed reactor reduces the rate of equipment fouling at any given sediment production rate and/or concentration compared to the sediment produced by the ebullated bed reactor prior to upgrading. In some cases, sediment production rate and/or concentration are maintained or increased, after upgrading the ebullated bed reactor, while equipment fouling is reduced. In other cases, sediment production rate and/or concentration are increased, after upgrading the ebullated bed reactor, without increasing equipment fouling. In some cases, sediment production rate and/or concentration are decreased by a given percentage, after upgrading the ebullated bed reactor, and the rate of equipment fouling is decreased by a substantially greater percentage.

A device with annular spouted fluidized bed can be used for carrying out the majority of the technical processes carried out in fluidized bed devices. The reaction chamber of the device has, throughout at least a part of its height, a downwardly tapering funnel shape with step-structured inner surface. The shape of the reaction chamber, together with the tangential admission thereto of fluidized and other gases, makes it possible to create, in the reaction chamber, an adjustable toroidal fluidized bed, in which the rotation rate of the particles of the material undergoing treatment can be adjusted in both horizontal and vertical planes, and also makes it possible to control the dwell time of particles of different sizes in the reaction zone, the intensity with which materials are treated, and other process parameters.

A system and method use a converter and a movable storage silo for receiving, processing, and transporting spent catalysts. The spent catalysts can be utilized in the manufacture of cement instead of being disposed in landfills. A hydraulic sub-system remove dusts from the spent catalyst prior to storage in the silo.

Disclosed are methods and compact apparatus for controlled, on-demand ammonia generation from urea. The process gasifies an aqueous urea solution in a chamber utilizing hot gas while controlling the flows of aqueous urea solution and hot gas to achieve complete gasification of the aqueous urea solution and form a gas mixture comprising ammonia, isocyanic acid, carbon dioxide and water vapor, which is passed through a catalyst bed containing particulate transition metal oxide to convert substantially all of the isocyanic acid to ammonia. A catalyst support and the catalyst bed are aligned with the gasification chamber at the lower end of said chamber to provide a degree of back pressure on the gases in the gasification chamber to isolate the gasification chamber from turbulent exit effects caused by equipment downstream of the thermal reactor. A sample of the product stream is treated to remove water and ammonia, and analyze for carbon dioxide content to control the process. The apparatus to perform the process includes flow managing equipment and catalyst supports that facilitate continuous operation with accurate control.