Patent ID: 8318014

Claim:
A reactor comprising a reactor housing ( 18 , 19 , 20 ), a filter plate stack ( 1 ) configured to be rotatably driven in said reactor housing, and a ventilation device, the filter plate stack ( 1 ) comprising at least one stack of hollow filter plates ( 2 ), a fluid to be filtered flowing into an interior of the filter plates ( 2 ), wherein a cross-sectional area of the reactor housing, at least in a region corresponding to the filter plate stack ( 1 ), exceeds a cross-sectional area of the filter plate stack ( 1 ) by at most 40%, and a length of a longitudinal extension (l) of the reactor housing ( 18 , 19 , 20 ) is at least twice a length of a longitudinal extension (h) of the filter plate stack ( 1 ), wherein the reactor is configured such that a discharge of the ventilation device occurs through the filter plate stack ( 1 ).