Basf Se Corporation

John Sauter

Andreas Daiss

Stefan Iselborn

Reiner Geier

Michael Wille

Marcus Bechtel

Benjamin Hepfer

Michael Hyatt Regency Xian Wille

A reactor for carrying out a three-phase reaction of a liquid phase, a gaseous phase, and a catalyst over a fixed catalyst bed is disclosed. The liquid and gaseous phases are passed through the reactor via a mixing and distribution device positioned over the fixed catalyst bed. The mixing and distribution device includes a trough distributor for the liquid phase, having trough-shaped channels, outlet tubes in the trough-shaped channels for the liquid phase, a distributor plate below the trough distributor, and vertical nozzles, having one or more openings for the gaseous phase and one or more openings, arranged below the openings for the gaseous phase. For entry of the liquid phase, the nozzles are installed so that, at a predetermined liquid feed rate, the surface of the liquid on the distributor plate is below the openings for the gaseous phase and above the openings for the liquid phase.

Reactor for performing a three-phase reaction of a fluid and a gaseous phase on a packed bed catalyst

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Bloomfield, NJ, United States of America

John Sauter