Verbesserte Mehrphasenmischvorrichtung mit Einbauten

• Main Authors: MULDOWNEY, GREGORY P, MCDOUGALD, NEIL K, BOYD, SHERRI L
• Format: Patent
• Language: German
• Published: 04.10.2007
• Subjects: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; METALLURGY; MINERAL WAXES; MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING; PEAT; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVEHYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, ORGASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

The present invention provides a device to provide more effective mixing of quench gas and process fluids in the height constrained interbed space of a catalytic reactor without increasing pressure drop. The device improves the effectiveness of an existing mixing volume in mixing the gas phase of two-phase systems. The quench zone mixing device includes a collection tray (12) for receiving vapor and liquid, and a spillway (15) for the downward passage of vapor and liquid into a mixing chamber (16) below the collection tray (12). The mixing chamber (16) is annular in shape and has a central outlet fitted with a weir (21) allowing liquid to pass over to a distributor tray underneath. A vertical, continuous solid baffle (52) is attached to the underside of the collection tray (12), located between the central outlet and the spillway (15).