Patent ID: 8518337
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: B01J,F28D,F28F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tube-bundle equipment comprising a hollow body delimited by an outer casing, wherein the hollow body comprises a collection cavity, a distribution cavity, and an intermediate cavity, and wherein airtight tube plates separate the collection cavity from the intermediate cavity, and the intermediate cavity from the distribution cavity, wherein the intermediate cavity comprises a tube bundle comprising 100 to 10,000 tubes having a diameter ranging from 10 to 100 mm, each of which tubes comprises at least one metallic layer of zirconium or an alloy thereof; wherein the collection cavity and the distribution cavity are in fluid communication with each other through the tubes of the tube bundle, wherein the outer casing consists of a material subject to corrosion if contacted by a fluid that is aggressive toward a carbon steel, wherein an internal wall of the collection cavity, the distribution cavity, or both cavities, comprises a lining of titanium or an alloy thereof, and wherein each tube plate comprises