Abstract:
A reactor for performing endothermic catalytic reactions is disclosed formed of a monolithic counterflow reactor with parallel heating and reaction channels. The internal walls of the reaction channels are coated with a catalyst for the catalytic reaction to be performed, while the internal walls of the heating channels have a catalyst for the catalytic combustion of a fuel gas/air mixture.
Abstract:
Reactor heads for the feed and withdrawal of a fuel gas/air mixture and of an educt gas mixture into the heating ducts and reaction ducts respectively of a monolithic countercurrent reactor. The reactor heads are provided with guide pipes, which feed the gas mixtures into the ducts assigned to them and withdraw them from these ducts.
Abstract:
A reactor for the production or formulation of flowable viscous products is equipped with an internal piston which assists in the removal of product from the reactor interior.
Abstract:
In the preparation of acetylene and synthesis gas by partial oxidation of hydrocarbons with oxygen, the feedstock gases are first separately preheated, then intensively mixed in a mixing zone, reacted after flowing through a burner block and then rapidly cooled. The burner block has a number of continuous ducts. According to the invention the ducts of the burner block are covered on the inlet side by plates furnished with perforations.
Abstract:
A mass transfer or heat exchange column is provided with a vapor distributor having, in one embodiment, a deflecting surface which directs a vapor stream about the inner periphery of the column. Following discharge from the distributor, the vapor stream contacts circumferentially spaced guide vanes which redirect the vapor stream toward the center of the column to cause a more uniform distribution of the vapor stream across the horizontal cross section of the column.
Abstract:
A reusable, high purity liquid chemical dispensing assembly is provided for use in a production line that processes chemically treated articles such as semiconductors. This dispensing assembly contains a high purity liquid chemical, such as photoresist, which it dispenses into a production line application station. The dispensing assembly can be disconnected from the production line when it is essentially emptied of the liquid chemical, and can be then rinsed and purged of chemical residue, and refilled with fresh chemical. The rinsing, purging, and refilling operations are performed in an environmentally safe manner. By providing a reusable dispensing assembly the problem of disposing of chemically polluted containers is eliminated.
Abstract:
A bioreactor comprising a reactive vessel having an inlet system for material and a reaction chamber located above the inlet system. The inlet system has outflow openings that are at least partially tangentially oriented. A partition separates the reaction chamber from a chamber in which the inlet system is disposed, and the partition has at least one radial slit formed by two radial edge strips overlapping one another and vertically spaced apart. This slit interconnects the chamber in which the inlet system is disposed and the reaction chamber. The partition consists of at least two segments partially overlapping one another. The partition is substantially conical.
Abstract:
A dip pipe apparatus is disclosed which comprises in combination: first (inner) and second (outer) tubular pipes having about parallel longitudinal axes; the second (outer) pipe having upper and lower pipe portions and means for connecting the same, wherein the diameter of the upper pipe portion is greater than the diameter of the lower pipe portion; the first (inner) pipe being delimited by a first outlet for liquids within the upper portion of the second pipe, which first pipe is defined by a diameter less than the diameter of the lower portion of the second pipe; a second outlet for the subsurface addition of liquids to a reaction mass in the lower pipe portion of the second pipe; and a means for venting gases displaced by the flow of liquids within said apparatus.
Abstract:
A crystal growing apparatus includes a crucible, a feed pipe and a pulling mechanism. The crucible serves to melt a crystalline material. The feed pipe serves to cause the crystalline material to fall into the crucible to charge the crucible with the crystalline material. The pulling mechanism serves to pull a single-crystal from the molten material in the crucible. The feed pipe has a lower end positioned slightly above the surface of the molten material in the crucible and including a plurality of baffle plates mounted on an inner peripheral wall thereof in longitudinally spaced relation to one another. The baffle plates are arranged so that a pitch defined between adjacent two baffle plates decreases toward the lower end of the feed pipe.
Abstract:
A feed input assembly 2 for a high-temperature chemical reactor 4 includes a feed tube 6 having a feed inlet opening 8 and a feed-discharge opening 12. A cooling jacket 14 surrounds a length of the feed tube 6 extending from the feed-discharge opening 12. The cooling jacket 14 has an inlet 22 and an outlet 24 for respectively receiving and discharging a coolant. A coolant channel 17 is formed by a space between the cooling jacket 14 and the feed tube 6. The input assembly also includes flow-directing conduit means 32 for directing a flow of coolant from the inlet 22 of the cooling jacket 14 against inner wall portions of the feed tube 6 and cooling jacket 14 adjacent the feed-discharge opening 12.