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SECTION I(b)
(d) Rheinpreussen Liquid Phase Reactor. (See reference I(b)/40 at end
of this section.
- This oven has been mentioned above in connection with Rheinpreussen liquid
phase development. See also the attached Rheinpreussen drwg. 45099
- The reaction is carried out in liquid phase. The slurry is contained in a
vertical pressure vessel 1500 mm. diameter and 9560 mm. high, (when filled
with 10 m3 of catalyst slurry, the height of the liquid is 8060
mm.) Gas is introduced through the bottom by way of a multitude of ceramic
discs, thimbles or similar means. The heat of reaction is removed by a tube
bundle consisting of a multitude of vertical bayonet tubes. The top head of
the vessel can be removed to draw the bundle. The bundle has a total surface
of only 350m2, which is considerably less than the required in
gas phase operations.
- Horizontal oven Another pilot plant reactor had been installed by
Rheinpreussen but never put into operation. The furnace is similar to the
one used by Lurgi consisting of a plate-tube bundle in a horizontal pressure
vessel.
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