Abstract:
A sulfuric acid-catalyzed alkylation reactor system is provided for alkylating isoparaffins with olefins to produce hydrocarbon alkylates. The reactor vessel has a vertical cylindrical wall, a top, an inverted conical bottom portion, internal perforated baffles and multiple emulsion injection inlet pipes, disposed tangentially to and communicating with the interior of the reactor vessel. The emulsion injection inlet pipes have static mixers incorporated therein and tangential injection of the emulsion imparts a circular motion to the contents of the reactor vessel, resulting in partial phase separation of the reacted products. The reactor vessel communicates with a settling vessel through a transfer pipe having a vertical portion suspended within the central portion of the reactor vessel and a horizontal portion sealably extending through the cylindrical wall of the reactor vessel. The transfer pipe has a first end near the conical bottom portion of the reactor vessel and a second end at a top portion of the settling vessel. The reactor system enables a sulfuric-acid catalyzed reaction of olefins with isoparaffins utilizing static mixing of the reactants, and minimizing leakage of the reactants to the environment.
Abstract:
A new technique for oxidizing a gaseous phase oxidizable feed involves a process wherein a gas mixture containing at least one oxidizing gas is placed in contact with an oxidizable feed inside a mixing contact zone situated between at least one first zone passed through by the feed and at least one second zone passed through by the oxidation reaction products. The first and second zones define a multiplicity of multidirectional spaces exhibiting passages having, along at least one direction, a dimension at most equal to the jamming distance of the flame possibly resulting from oxidations of feed. The contact zone comprises an oxidizing gas mixture supply means comprising a plurality of parallel pipes with porous walls situated at a distance from the first and second zones which is at most equal to the jamming distance.
Abstract:
A combined tank reactor and crystallizer assembly which comprises a small reactor section and a large crystallizer section. The reactor section has means to heat and agitate the reaction medium to provide optimum conditions for the reaction to proceed. Underflow passage means between the two sections enables products from the reactor section to flow into the crystallizer section.
Abstract:
A hybrid vertical plug flow reactor is comprised of a bottom inlet and a top outlet having vertical tubular member disposed there between, wherein the bottom inlet has separate gas reactant inlet and separate liquid reactant inlet whereby the gas reactant is mixed with the liquid reactant and the outlet has an extraction port, the extraction port extending sufficiently to withdraw the liquid product from the reactor and maintain a gaseous head space within the tubular member of the reactor. The hybrid vertical bubble plug flow reactor is useful to react a gas reactant and liquid reactant that are reacted at a molar ratio of gas reactant/liquid reactant that is in excess of a stoichiometric requirement of gas reactant so that the gas reactant forms bubbles and the reactants react in the presence of a catalyst to form a reaction product.
Abstract:
Bubble column reactor assembly (100) is provided, the assembly comprising: a reactor vessel (104) comprising a bottom end and a top end; a pre-distributor plate (150) disposed above the bottom end of the reactor vessel (104) to distribute gas in a liquid, the plate comprising a bottom surface facing the bottom end of the reactor vessel (104) and a top surface opposite to the bottom surface. The pre-distributor plate (150) comprises a plurality of perforations (206), each perforation (206) comprising: a duct (170) projecting from the bottom surface of the pre-distributor plate; and a cap (180) enclosing the duct (170) and the perforation (206). The cap (180) comprises a plurality of openings (210). A gas distributor (110) is disposed below the pre-distributor plate (150) to receive gas and inject gas into the liquid prior to distribution of gas and the liquid by the pre-distributor plate (150).
Abstract:
A hybrid vertical plug flow reactor is comprised of a bottom inlet and a top outlet having vertical tubular member disposed there between, wherein the bottom inlet has separate gas reactant inlet and separate liquid reactant inlet whereby the gas reactant is mixed with the liquid reactant and the outlet has an extraction port, the extraction port extending sufficiently to withdraw the liquid product from the reactor and maintain a gaseous head space within the tubular member of the reactor. The hybrid vertical bubble plug flow reactor is useful to react a gas reactant and liquid reactant that are reacted at a molar ratio of gas reactant/liquid reactant that is in excess of a stoichiometric requirement of gas reactant so that the gas reactant forms bubbles and the reactants react in the presence of a catalyst to form a reaction product.
Abstract:
A fluidized bed processing system include a vessel having a vessel wall and a plurality of chemical feed distributors coupled to the vessel wall and extending into an internal volume of the vessel. Each of the chemical feed distributors includes a distributor body forming a chemical feed flow path and a plurality of chemical feed outlets. The fluidized bed processing system further includes at least one intermediate beam having at plurality of slots spaced apart along a beam length. That intermediate beam is coupled to the vessel wall at both ends, each chemical feed distributor passes through one slot of the intermediate beam, and the intermediate beam provides vertical support for each of the plurality of chemical feed distributors. The fluidized bed processing system can include lateral guides. The intermediate beams and lateral guides support the chemical feed distributors vertically and laterally.
Abstract:
In an aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for the oxidative coupling of methane to generate hydrocarbon compounds containing at least two carbon atoms (C2+ compounds). The method can include mixing a first gas stream comprising methane with a second gas stream comprising oxygen to form a third gas stream comprising methane and oxygen and performing an oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) reaction using the third gas stream to produce a product stream comprising one or more C2+ compounds.
Abstract:
Provided is a reformate hydrotreatment method, the method comprising: under liquid phase hydrotreatment conditions, bringing the reformate and a catalyst having a catalytic hydrogenation effect into contact in a hydrogenation reactor, the hydrogen used in the hydrotreating process at least partially coming from the hydrogen dissolved in the reformate. According to the method of the present invention, the reformate separated from a reformate products separating tank can directly undergo liquid phase hydrotreatment; therefore not only can the hydrogen dissolved in the reformate be fully utilized, but the olefins in the reformate can also be removed, while eliminate the requirements for recycle hydrogen and a recycle device thereof. The reformate obtained by the method of the present invention reduces the bromine index to below 50 mgBr2/100 g, and has an arene loss of less than 0.5 wt %.
Abstract:
Provided is a hydrocarbon oil hydrotreating method, comprising the following steps: (1) injecting hydrogen into the hydrocarbon oil via an opening having a nanoscale average diameter, so as to obtain hydrocarbon oil containing hydrogen; and (2) under a liquid phase hydrotreating condition, feeding into a reactor the hydrocarbon oil containing hydrogen to contact a catalyst having a hydrogenation catalysis effect. The method of the present invention can quickly and efficiently disperse and dissolve the hydrogen into the hydrocarbon oil even without the aid of a diluent or circulating oil, so as to obtain stable hydrogen-containing hydrocarbon oil with a high hydrogen content, and obtain an hydrotreating effect equivalent to or even better than the existing hydrotreating methods.