摘要 |
A reactor is described comprising: a shell with first and second ends, a process fluid inlet at the first end for receiving a process fluid, and a process fluid outlet at the second end for discharging a reacted process fluid, and a plurality of elongate containment units within said shell for containing a particulate catalyst or sorbent, each containment unit comprising two perforate members defining a space in which the particulate catalyst or sorbent may be placed, said perforate members mounted between two process fluid-impermeable end members, wherein one end member extends across the containment unit to provide a closed end and the other end member closes the space thereby providing an open end through which a process fluid may enter or exit the containment unit, and a header assembly connected to the open ends of the containment units and either said process fluid inlet or said process fluid outlet. The invention further provides a process using the reactor. |