Reaction device with heat exchanger and use thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11247188-B2
Application number	US-201816495520-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2018
Priority date	Mar 24, 2017
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

A reaction device is provided with a first wall that defines an interior in which a stirring mechanism is located. A heat exchanger is at least partly provided on the first outer wall surface facing away from the interior and/or on the stirring mechanism, wherein the heat exchanger has a grate structure, and at least two layers are provided which have a grate structure. Thus, it is possible to transfer heat in a precise and efficient manner primarily by means of thermal radiation in endothermic processes at different temperature levels, in particular pyrolysis, gassing, and reforming processes, and thereby use the exhaust heat for other processes.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A reaction device comprising:
a first wall, which defines an interior, the interior configured to accommodate a stirring mechanism,
wherein a heat exchanger is at least partly on a surface of the first wall that faces away from the interior and/or on the stirring mechanism, the heat exchanger including at least two layers each of which has a grate structure, and
wherein the heat exchanger is present together with an insulation material.

2. The reaction device according to claim 1 , wherein the reaction device has a double wall comprising:
the first wall, and
a second wall, so that an intermediate space, which accommodates the heat exchanger, is formed between the first wall and the second wall.

3. The reaction device according to claim 2 , wherein the reaction device is a tube furnace.

4. The reaction device according to claim 1 , wherein the stirring mechanism is a screw conveyor.

5. The reaction device according to claim 4 , wherein the screw conveyor comprises screw sections, which have different pitches.

6. The reaction device according to claim 1 , wherein the reaction device has at least two reaction zones with different temperatures.

7. The reaction device according to claim 1 , wherein the layers of the heat exchanger are connected to one another at contact points of the layers or contact surfaces of the layers.

8. The reaction device according claim 1 , wherein the structure of a grate comprises a mesh screen.

9. The reaction device according to claim 8 , wherein the mesh screen has a mesh size of 3 mm to 30 mm.

10. The reaction device according to claim 8 , wherein a gap volume fraction of the mesh screen is 90% to 95%.

11. The reaction device according to claim 8 , wherein a surface density of the mesh screen for convective heat transfer from gas to grate is between 200 m2/m3 and 500 m2/m3.

12. The reaction device according to claim 8 , wherein a channel width of the mesh screen is between 30 mm and 150 mm.

13. The reaction device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger comprises
a metal,
a metal alloy,
a sintered metal compound, or
a ceramic material.

14. The reaction device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger includes a catalyst.

15. The reaction device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger is designed as a reflector.

16. The reaction device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger has fins.

17. The reaction device according to claim 1 , wherein the reaction device is configured to carbonize, crack, and reform biomass and/or bioresidues.

18. The reaction device according to claim 1 , wherein the reaction device is configured to remove heat from exothermic processes and to recover heat.

19. The reaction device according to claim 1 , wherein the reaction device is configured to dynamically control temperature-controlled rector systems in which heat is first supplied to a process taking place in the reactor and the heat is dissipated after exceeding a predetermined threshold.

Assignees

• Fraunhofer Ges Forschung

Inventors

• Hornung Andreas
• Aigner Jonathan
• Hense Peter
• Pedrazzini Alberto
• Hornung Thorsten

Classifications

• B01J2219/00155

  using insulating materials or refractories · CPC title

• B01J2219/00076

  with heat exchange elements inside the reactor · CPC title

• B01J19/20

  in the form of helices, e.g. screw reactors · CPC title

• B01J19/1812

  Tubular reactors · CPC title

• B01J6/008

  Pyrolysis reactions (of hydrocarbons C10G9/00) · CPC title