Patent ID: 6372188
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: B01D,B01J

Abstract:
A reactor for the processing of a gaseous medium, comprising a reactor chamber of rectangular cross-section, two planar reactor beds made of a gas permeable active material, said reactor beds being disposed symmetrically about a median plane of said reactor chamber and spaced apart for defining a gap therebetween and contained within an outer wall structure; said reactor chamber, said reactor beds and said outer wall structure defining a through gas flow path including said gap between said reactor beds, said reactor beds themselves and gas passages between said reactor beds and said reactor chamber, wherein said wall structure includes an inlet gas feed passage extending around at least a portion of said wall structure for feeding incoming gaseous medium into said gap between said reactor beds in a direction transverse to both the original direction of flow of the gaseous medium and the direction in which the gaseous medium flows through said reactor beds.