Patent ID: 11873177
Assignee: T.I.M.E. SERVICE CATALYST HANDLING GMBH
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A filling device (1) for filling a chemical reactor with particulate catalyst material (28), comprising
a supply container (2) that can be filled with the particulate catalyst material (28), wherein the supply container (2) has a lower opening (2.2), and
a radial distribution unit (3), which can be supplied with the particulate catalyst material (28) via the lower opening (2.2) of the supply container (2) and which is connected to the supply container (2) in such a way that it can rotate about a rotational axis (A), in order to distribute in the chemical reactor the particulate catalyst material (28) supplied from the supply container (2) to the distribution unit (3), wherein the distribution unit (3) can be driven by means of a drive unit (4) that is arranged outside the supply container (2), which drive unit comprises a motor (4.1), a first (4.2a) and a second drive means (4.3a), wherein the second drive means is a driving belt pulley (4.3a), which drives the first drive means, which is designed as a driven belt pulley (4.2a), via a drive belt (46), thus allowing a torque of the driving belt pulley (4.3a) to be transmitted to the driven belt pulley (4.2a),
characterized in that:
the motor (4.1) of the drive unit (4) is secured on an outer wall of the supply container (2) and is arranged laterally offset with respect to the rotational axis (A) of the distribution unit (3); and
the filling device (1) comprises at least one means (5), arranged between the supply container (2) and the distribution unit (3), for controlling a flow of the particulate catalyst material (28) to the distribution unit (3).