Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing a gas flow comprising oxygen for the endothermic reaction of a starting flow, comprising one or more hydrocarbons, with a predefined concentration of oxygen and a predefined temperature, characterized in that a fluid fuel flow is burned with a primary air flow, with ?-values of the primary air flow to the fluid fuel flow ranging between 0.6 and 1.2, while preserving a combustion gas flow, and that a secondary air flow is mixed to the combustion gas flow, while preserving the gas flow comprising the oxygen for the endothermic reaction, wherein the volume flow and the temperature of the secondary air flow are used to adjust the predefined concentration of oxygen and the predefined temperature of the gas flow comprising the oxygen.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing diisocyanates by gas-phase phosgenation, starting from an educt flow comprising the corresponding diamines and a phosgene, the educt flows each being separately converted to the gas phase and preheated to the reaction temperature of the gas-phase phosgenation, characterized in that waste heat from a plant for producing chlorine by heterogeneous catalyzed oxidation of hydrogen chloride using the Deacon method is used to this end.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a reactor (1) in the form of a cylinder with a vertical longitudinal axis, for performing an autothermal gas-phase dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon-containing gas stream (2) with an oxygen-containing gas stream (3), obtaining a reaction gas mixture, on a heterogeneous catalyst, which is designed as monolith (4), wherein one or more catalytically active zones (5) are arranged in the interior of the reactor (1), each zone comprising a packing of monoliths (4) stacked one next to another and/or one on top of another and wherein a mixing zone (6) with fixed installations is provided upstream of each catalytically active zone (5). The reactor has: - one or more feeder lines (7) at the lower end thereof for the hydrocarbon-containing gas stream (2) to be dehydrogenated; - one or more feeder lines (9) that can be regulated independently of one another for the oxygen-containing gas stream (3) flowing into each of the mixing zones (6), each feeder line (9) feeding one or more distributors (10); - and one or more discharge lines (11) at the upper end of the reactor (1) for the reaction gas mixture from the autothermal gas-phase dehydrogenation, wherein the interior wall of the reactor (1) is furnished with a continuous insulation layer (13, 14, 15) and wherein the accessibility of one or each of the plurality of catalytically active zones (5) from outside the reactor is guaranteed via - one or more manholes (12), or wherein one or each of the plurality of catalytically active zones (5), each comprising a respective packing of monoliths stacked one next to another and/or one on top of an other including - the mixing zone (6) with fixed installations provided upstream of each catalytically active zone (5) - the one or more feeder lines (9) controllable independently of one another - and the one or more distributors (10) that are each fed via a respective feeder line (9), are constructed as a structural element (24) that can be individually installed or uninstalled.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a system for producing maleic acid anhydride by means of heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase oxidation of an inlet flow, comprising hydrocarbons having at least (4) carbon atoms per molecule, comprising a reactor having a bundle of reaction tubes into which a solid catalyst is introduced, on which the exothermal reaction of the inlet flow with a gas flow containing oxygen takes place, and one or more pumps and one or more heat exchangers located outside of the reactor, by means of which a heat carrier made of a salt melt is carried, permeating the intermediate reaction space between the reaction tubes and absorbing reaction heat, the temperature of the salt melt being in the range of 350 to 480 °C, characterized in that the reaction tubes are made of an alloyed, heat-resistant steel comprising either at least 0.5 wt % chromium, or at least 0.25 wt % molybdenum, or at least 0.5 wt % chromium and at least 0.25 wt % molybdenum.
Abstract:
A method is proposed for leakage monitoring in a tube bundle reactor (2) having a bundle of contact tubes (2) vertically arranged parallel to one another, through which a fluid reaction mixture is delivered, and through whose space (3) surrounding the contact tubes a liquid heat exchanger is delivered, and having one or more vent holes (4) for the liquid heat exchanger in the upper region of the tube bundle reactor (1), which connect the tube bundle reactor (1) to one or more equilibrating vessels (5, 6, 7) for the liquid heat exchanger, wherein at least one of the equilibrating vessels (5, 6, 7) for the liquid heat exchanger has a connecting line (8) for supplying the gas phase above the liquid level therein to an analysis device (9), which determines the composition of the supplied gas phase.
Abstract:
THE INVENTION RELATES TO A REACTOR (1) IN THE FORM OF A HORIZONTAL CYLINDER (3) FOR CARRYING OUT AUTOTHERMAL GAS PHASE DEHYDRATION OF A HYDROCARBON-CONTAINING GAS FLOW (2) WITH AN OXYGEN-CONTAINING GAS FLOW (3), YIELDING A REACTION GAS MIXTURE, AT A HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST DESIGNED AS A MONOLITH (4), WHEREIN THE INNER CHAMBER OF THE REACTOR (1) IS DIVIDED BY A REMOVABLE, CIRCULAR CYLINDRICAL OR PRISMATIC HOUSING G, WHICH IS DISPOSED IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE REACTOR (1) AND IS GAS-TIGHT IN THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION, INTO AN INNER AREA A HAVING ONE OR MORE CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE ZONES (5), IN EACH OF WHICH A PACKAGE OF MONOLITHS (4) STACKED ON EACH OTHER, ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER, AND ARRANGED ONE BEHIND THE OTHER IS PROVIDED, A MIXING ZONE (6) HAVING FIXED INSTALLED FIXTURES BEING PROVIDED IN FRONT OF EACH ACTIVE ZONE (5), AND INTO AN OUTER AREA B DISPOSED COAXIALLY TO THE INNER AREA A, AND WHEREIN A HEAT EXCHANGER (12) CONNECTED TO THE HOUSING G IS PROVIDED AT AN END OF THE REACTOR, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT AN INERT GAS IS SUPPLIED TO THE OUTER AREA B. (FIGURE 1)
Abstract:
The invention relates to a material for sealing cavities between components that are constituted of materials with different temperature behaviors, the material containing an expanding mat. The invention is characterized in that the expanding mat is completely laminated in plastic film and that vacuum conditions are created in the interior space delimited by the plastic film and containing the expanding mat.