Eni S.p.a.

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Gianpiero Groppi

Enrico Tronconi

Pio Forzatti

Carlo Giorgio Visconti

Roberto Zennaro

Luca Lietti

Stefano Rossini

Andrea Marsella

Elsa Mignone

Mauro Favaretto

Diego Carmello

Andrea Tasso

Marzio Piazza

Massimo Iovane

Marco Paturzo

A multi-structured tubular element for producing a reactor for effecting exothermic/endothermic chemical reactions, comprises two or more monolithic thermoconductive bodies, assembled together so that each has a part of the side surface interfaced with the side surface of one or more monolithic thermoconductive bodies adjacent thereto, so as to form as a whole, a honeycomb structure containing a plurality of longitudinal channels extending from one end to the other of said tubular element, suitable for being filled with a granular catalytic solid.

Multi-structured reactor made of monolithic adjacent thermoconductive bodies for chemical processes with a high heat exchange

A reactor for Fischer-Tropsch reaction effected in a three-phase system essentially consisting of a gaseous reagent phase, a liquid reacted phase and a solid catalytic phase, wherein the solid catalytic phase is composed of packed bodies encaged in at least one open-cell foam structure with a high thermal conductivity.

Packed-bed tubular reactor for heterogeneous exothermic or endothermic catalytic reactions

Reactor for Fischer-Tropsch reaction which is carried out in a three-phase system essentially consisting of a reacting gaseous phase, a reacted liquid phase and a solid catalytic phase, wherein the solid catalytic phase consists of packed or structured bodies of catalytic material encaged within at least one honeycomb monolithic structure with a high thermal conductivity.

Reactor for exothermic or endothermic catalytic reactions

There is disclosed a catalyst support for selective gas phase reactions in a tubular fixed bed reactor comprising a metallic monolith having channels the walls of which are adapted to receive a catalytically active phase or an intermediate layer acting as a carrier for a catalytically active phase. The monoliths are coated with catalytically active material and loaded lengthwise into tubular reactors, the channels being parallel to the length of the reactors. The catalysts are particularly useful in the chlorination/oxychlorination of alkenes and alkanes, and the oxidation of alkenes. Compared with the use of conventional catalysts in pellet form or in the form of ceramic monoliths the catalysts of the invention offer greater yields and selectivity, the avoidance of hot spots, greater catalyst life and flexibility in use.

Metallic monolith catalyst support for selective gas phase reactions in tubular fixed bed reactors

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Segrate, Italy

Gianpiero Groppi