Tubular entrainment flow reactor

Heavy Oil Preparation and Separation. Hydrogenation of Hiawatha, Utah, coal [C 72.0 H 5.6 N 1.7 S 0.90 O 19.8 dry, ash-free (DAF) %] was performed at a reaction temperature of 510°C and 12.4-MPa hydrogen pressure with ZnCl2 impregnated on the coal as catalyst in an entrained-flow, tubular coil reactor (10). The reaction products were trapped in three reservoirs connected to the reactor in series and were separated according to their condensability. Heavy-oil products collected in the first reservoir, nearest to the reactor, were used in this study. 

Figure 17.11. Types of contactors for reacting gases with liquids many of these also are suitable for reacting immiscible liquids. Tanks (a) with a gas entraining impeller (b) with baffled impellers (c) with a draft tube (d) with gas input through a rotating hollow shaft, (e) Venturi mixer for rapid reactions, (f) Self-priming turbine pump as a mixer-reactor, (g) Multispray chamber. Towers (h) parallel flow falling film (i) spray tower with gas as continuous phase (j) parallel flow packed tower (k) counter flow tray tower. (1) A doublepipe heat exchanger used as a tubular reactor.

After a few preliminary runs using a caking eastern bituminous coal and several reactor configurations, it was found that better results could be obtained with a non-caking coal in an entrained down-flow tubular reactor. The coal was dropped down into a tubular reactor through which hydrogen was passed down-flow and entrained and carried the coal down through the heated tube. 

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