Patent ID: 6582667
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: B01J,C07C,Y02P

Abstract:
A shell-and-tube reactor comprising:a chamber including: a gas inlet in an upper part of the chamber; a gas outlet in a lower part of the chamber; a shell between the gas inlet and the gas outlet, the shell being defined by an upper tube supporting plate, a lower tube supporting plate and a side wall of the chamber; a plurality of reaction tubes supported by the upper and lower tube supporting plates for introducing material gas from the gas inlet and discharging a reaction product to the gas outlet; a heating medium supplying system for supplying a liquid heating medium in the shell, the heating medium supplying system including: a heating medium introducing port provided on an upper part of the shell; a heating medium discharge port provided on a lower part of the shell; and a back pressure applier for imparting a back pressure to the heating medium in the shell so that a top of the liquid heating medium in the shell comes into contact with a lower surface of the upper tube supporting plate; and wherein the back pressure applier comprises a heating medium discharge pot arranged above the upper tube supporting plate.