Patent ID: 7115235
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: B01F,B01J,C08F,C08G

Abstract:
1. A reactor apparatus including a hollow support element adapted to be rotatable about an axis, the support element having a first, external reaction surface and a second, internal heat transfer surface and means for applying a heat transfer fluid to the second surface, the first and second surfaces being in thermal communication with each other and the support element including an internal space bounded on one side by the second surface, wherein a plate or membrane is provided inside the hollow support element, the plate or membrane extending substantially over the whole internal space so as to define a first space between the second surface and one side of the plate or membrane and a second space between an opposed side of the plate or membrane and an internal surface of the support element remote from the second surface, but leaving a gap at a periphery of the plate or membrane so as to allow a heat transfer fluid to flow between the first and second spaces, wherein the opposed side of the plate or membrane is provided with vanes, fins or other projections or with a mesh or gauze or foam, these being configured so as to help prevent formation of free vortices in the heat transfer fluid, and further comprising a feed means for supplying at least one reactant in a fluid phase to the external reaction surface.