Patent ID: 6177054
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: B01J

Abstract:
A reactor vessel comprising:(a) a cylindrically shaped, hollow core element forming an inner wall, which hollow core element has two circular, open end faces having a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the core element;(b) two plugging means arranged in the opposing open ends of the vessel, which plugging means are mounted on a common frame for balancing the forces exerted on the plugging means, the frame comprising at least one tension rod arranged in an axial direction of the reactor vessel and two beams rigidly connected thereto at a top portion and a bottom portion at a substantially perpendicular angle, between which beams a reactor vessel is located; and(c) at least one layer of high performance fibers arranged around the core element in a substantially circumferential orientation,wherein the fibers are embedded in a rigid polymeric or resinous matrix.