DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE CATALYTIC GAS PHASE REACTION OF AMMONIA AND THE USE THEREOF

摘要

Improved reactors for catalytic, exothermic gas-phase reactions, which comprise, viewed in the flow direction of a feed gas, an inlet zone (1), a reaction zone (2) containing at least one catalyst (4) an outlet zone (3) for the product gas, are described. The reactors are provided in the region of the inlet zone (1) or in the region of the inlet zone (1) and the reaction zone (2) with means, for example an insulating liner (6) and/or apparatuses for the transport of cooling media, which reduce heat transport from the reaction zone (2) into the inlet zone (1) and thus reduce the risk of preignition of the feed gas mixture used or occurrence of undesirable secondary reactions in the inlet zone (1) and/or the interior walls of the reactor in the region of the inlet zone (1) or in the region of the inlet zone (1) and the reaction zone (2) consist of inert material. The reactors can be used, in particular, for the oxidation of ammonia, for example in nitric acid plants in which transition metal catalysts configured as honeycombs and having smaller cross sections than the platinum gauzes customarily used are preferably used.