Patent ID: 6805171
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: B01J

Abstract:
Method of loading an enclosure (1) with solid particles, particularly a chemical reactor with particles of catalyst, for the purpose of improving the flow of a liquid between these particles during the operation of the reactor, in which the particles are distributed homogeneously like rainfall to establish a horizontal bed of particles over the whole section of said enclosure, this method being characterized in that during the loading, the loading conditions are temporarily modified at least one time so that the profile of the surface (8, 9) of the bed of particles forms, at least at the periphery thereof, an angle &agr; with the horizontal of between 6Â° and 25Â°, and preferably between 10Â° and 20Â°, and in that the loading conditions are then reinstated in order to obtain a horizontal bed.