摘要 |
A loading device (1) for distributing solid particles into a multi-tube reactor in which the reactor tubes (3) are substantially vertical and held together by an upper (5) and a lower tube sheet, the loading device (1) comprising a plurality of discrete polygonal, i.e. triangular, quadrangular or hexagonal, plates (8), each polygonal plate (8) having from 1 to 30 holes, each hole (11) corresponding to one reactor tube (3), each hole (11) having an diameter not greater than 95% of the inner diameter of the reactor tube (3) and not smaller than 1.1 times the greatest dimension of a single particle to be loaded, the polygonal plates (8) also comprising fixing means (15) for holding the holes (11) in correspondence with the respective reactor tubes (3). <IMAGE> |