REACTOR FOR CARRYING OUT AN AUTOTHERMAL GAS- PHASE DEHYDRATION

摘要

The invention relates to a reactor (1) in the form of a horizontal cylinder (3) for carrying out autothermal gas phase dehydration of a hydrocarbon-containing gas flow (2) with an oxygen-containing gas flow (3), yielding a reaction gas mixture, at a heterogeneous catalyst designed as a monolith (4), wherein the inner chamber of the reactor (1) is divided by a removable, circular cylindrical or prismatic housing G, which is disposed in the longitudinal direction of the reactor (1) and is gas-tight in the circumferential direction, into an inner area A having one or more catalytically active zones (5), in each of which a package of monoliths (4) stacked on each other, adjacent to each other, and arranged one behind the other is provided, a mixing zone (6) having fixed installed fixtures being provided in front of each active zone (5), and into an outer area B disposed coaxially to the inner area A, and wherein a heat exchanger (12) connected to the housing G is provided at an end of the reactor, characterized in that an inert gas is supplied to the outer area B.