REACTOR FOR CARRYING OUT AUTOTHERMAL GAS-PHASE DEHYDROGENATION

摘要

The invention relates to a reactor (1) in the form of a cylinder or prism for carrying out autothermal gas-phase dehydrogenation of a gas flow (2) containing hydrocarbons by means of a gas flow (3) containing oxygen so as to obtain a reaction gas mixture, on a heterogeneous catalyst, which is designed as a monolith (4), the interior of the reactor (1) being divided by a circular cylindrical or prismatic gas-tight housing (G) arranged in the longitudinal direction of the reactor (1) into an inner region (A) having one or more catalytically active zones (5), in each of which a respective packing of monoliths (4) stacked one on the other, one next to the other, and one behind the other and, before each catalytically active zone (5), a respective mixing zone (6) having fixed installations are provided, and an outer region (B) arranged coaxial with the inner region (A), said reactor being characterized in that the inner region (A) is insulated from the outer region (B) of the reactor by means of a microporous high-performance insulating material (15) having a thermal conductivity value (?) less than 0.05 W/m*K at temperatures up to 700 °C.