Shell Oil Comapny

Abraham A Pegels

Joannes B Wijffels

Matheus M Van Kessel

Hendrik J Scheffer

Wouter C Van Zijll Langhout

Arnold Wezenberg

Moving bed reactor provided with conical catalyst bed supporting means, which are in communication with vertical channels below the cone(s) and provided with screen walls for the removal of reactor effluent, wherein for increasing the sieve area the channels are ring shaped, both walls having a screen area and/or are provided with intermediate double-walled partitions bearing screen sections in each wall.

Moving catalyst bed reactor

A hydroconversion process for heavy hydrocarbon oil and reactor system having a series of closed reactor vessels containing substantially fixed catalyst beds in flow communication with each of one catalyst-supply conduit system and one catalyst-removal conduit system, both of said conduit systems communicating with each reactor in said series of reactor vessels, via separate valve means, whereby each reactor can be separately connected or disconnected to flow communication with each of said conduit systems and whereby process-deactivated catalyst present in each reactor is continuously or periodically replaced by fresh catalyst as a slurry in oil via said conduit systems.

Apparatus for the hydrogenation of heavy hydrocarbon oils

Apparatus for catalytic processes such as desulphurization of hydrocarbons comprises an upright reactor vessel containing at least one tray, and catalytic support means for one or more catalyst beds said support means are attached to the inner wall of the reactor and having filter units attached to render them permeable to fluids and impermeable to catalyst particles; located beneath each supporting means is a fluid permeable tray which is impermeable to catalyst particles and located beneath each tray at least one filter unit of equal or coarser filtering effect than the filter units attached to said supporting means, to prevent access of the catalyst particles to the underside of said tray.

Apparatus for the catalytic treatment of hydrocarbons

A process for taking out of operation a reactor containing catalyst which has been used for hydrogenation of a fluid feed, which process comprises contacting the catalyst at low temperature with ever increasing amounts of an oxygen-containing gas until no substantial heat is generated within the reactor and the oxygen partial pressure of gas in the reactor is at least 0.2 kg/cm.sup.2.

Process for passivating a prophoric catalyst and taking a hydrogenation

A method for filling a reactor with one or more beds of solid homogeneous particles, the method being characterized by the incipient fluidization of the solid particles.

Method for filling a reactor with solid particles

Apparatus for catalytic processes such as desulfurization of hydrocarbons comprises an upright reactor vessel containing at least one tray and catalytic support means for one or more catalyst beds; said support means, being permeable to fluids and impermeable to catalyst particles, are attached to the inner wall of the reactor vessel and are at least partly in the shape of a conical surface of a truncated cone converging downwardly to an aperture permeable to catalyst particles; located beneath each supporting means is a fluid permeable tray which is impermeable to catalyst particles and having an aperture permeable to catalyst particles. A method for loading said apparatus with catalyst by means of a carrier oil is also disclosed.

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Abraham A Pegels