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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1995
Christian Busson, Charbonniere, FR;
Henri Delhomme, Sainte Foy Les Lyon, FR;
Laure Gollion, Paris, FR;
Jean Pierre Cassagne, Fontenay Sous Bois, FR;
Institut Francais Du Petrole, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Gaz De France, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus comprising a reactor, elongated along one axis, preferably of square or rectangular cross section. The reactor has, at one extremity, at least one supply line for at least one reactant and at least one evacuation outlet at the other extremity for removal of produced effluents. In a first zone (near the first extremity of the reactor), a plurality of heat exchangers, substantially parallel to each other, are disposed in substantially parallel layers perpendicular to the reactor axis, thereby defining spaces or passages for circulation of reactant(s) and/or effluents between the heat exchangers and/or layers formed by the heat exchanger. The heat exchangers are adapted to exchange heat in the passages through successive transverse sections, which are independent and substantially perpendicular to the reactor axis. At least some of the heat exchangers comprise a tubular element formed by at least one shell, supplied with a heat exchange gas or gas mixture, and at least one evacuation element for evacuating the circulating gas or gas mixture which has undergone heat exchange with the reactant(s) and/or effluents.