Patent ID: 9452400
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: B01J

Claim Text:
1. A device for densely filling catalyst specially adapted to a steam reforming exchanger-reactor consisting of a plurality of bayonet tubes enclosed in a shell, the catalyst being constituted by particles occupying at least part of the annular space ( 4 ) included between an internal tube ( 5 ) and an external tube ( 6 ), the assembly of these two tubes constituting a bayonet tube, the width of said annular space being in the range 30 mm to 80 mm, and its height being in the range 10 to 20 meters, the catalyst particles being in the form of cylinders with an approximate height of 10 mm to 20 mm and an approximate diameter of 10 mm to 20 mm, said annular space ( 4 ) being divided into two or three substantially identical horizontal sectors, each sector extending the entire length of the bayonet tube, by means of a “centralizer” system disposed at the head of the annular space, each sector being equipped with its own system of deflectors, each system of deflectors consisting of: a series of deflectors ( said deflectors (