Apparatus for a radial-flow reactor and method for assembly thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8992839-B2
Application number	US-201313852687-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2013
Priority date	Mar 28, 2013
Publication date	Mar 31, 2015
Grant date	Mar 31, 2015

Abstract

An apparatus for a radial-flow reactor according to various approaches includes an inner partition assembly having an inwardly tapered bottom portion. According to various approaches, an inner partition assembly support includes a socket with a tapered upper rim. A process according to various aspects includes assembling a radial-flow reactor by installing an inner partition assembly by aligning a bottom portion of the inner partition assembly with an opening of a inner partition assembly support socket and lowering the bottom portion into the opening.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus for a radial-flow reactor, comprising:
a generally annular outer partition assembly including an outer partition;
a generally annular inner partition assembly support having an upper rim defining a socket positioned radially inward of the outer partition;
an upper rim of the socket;
a generally annular inner partition assembly including an inner partition and a base for being supported by the upper rim;
a generally annular flange d…

Assignees

• Uop Llc

Inventors

• Siedler Nathan

Classifications

• B01J2208/00884

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01J8/0214 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01D53/0431

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic