Patent ID: 7611683
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: B01J

Abstract:
1. A reactor, comprising: at least one first zone in which a catalyst is present as a fixed bed; and at least one second zone whose size corresponds to a reactor cross section and which is separated from said at least one first zone by a distributor plate provided with at least one hole and in which at least one liquid and at least one gaseous starting material enter said reactor; wherein said distributor plate is provided with at least one static mixer which is located in said at least one hole on at least one side of the distributor plate; said reactor being capable of accommodating a reaction in which at least three phases are present and at least one gaseous starting material and at least one liquid starting material are reacted in cocurrent over a fixed-bed catalyst to give one or more product(s); wherein a length-to-diameter ratio of the reactor is 2.6 or less.