摘要 |
Disclosed is a reactor for heterogeneous catalytic reactions of gaseous reactants under pressure, comprising: a container having an inlet for introduction of gaseous reactants and an outlet for the efflux of products of the reactions; a cartridge having a cylindrically shaped wall placed within the container and communicating with the inlet and the outlet; at least two stationary-bed, catalyst-containing baskets supported within the cartridge, each of the baskets including an imperforate bottom section, a cylindrical outer perforated wall, a cylindrical inner concentric perforated wall and an annular opening defined by the inner and outer perforated walls in the upper end of each stationary-bed, catalyst-containing basket, the opening formed in a plane approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the inner and outer perforated walls, the bottom section and the inner and outer perforated walls cooperating with the cylindrically shaped cartridge wall to form a partially restrictive axial flow means, whereby a portion of the gaseous reactants enters or departs and passes through the annular opening in each of the stationary-bed, catalyst-containing baskets substantially in the axial direction and the remainder of the gaseous reactants enters and passes through the cylindrical outer perforated wall of each of the catalyst-containing baskets substantially in the radial direction. |