PATENTS

2229. ------. [METALLGESELLSCHAFT A. G.]. [Catalyst Furnace for Carbon Monoxide Hydrogenation.] German Patent 765,687, no date; appl. M 143,170 (Cl. 12 o-1.03). Auszüge deut. Patent-Anmeldungen, vol. 6, p. 270.

Catalyst rests in lamellarlike inserts with the cooling tubes passing through. The inserts are so arranged in a pressure vessel that their walls are not stressed by the gas pressure. The cooling tubes are connected with their ends within the pressure vessels to a common collecting tube.