INERTIAL SEPARATOR OF STRAIGHT-FLOW REACTOR WITH UPWARD FLOW OF CATALYST Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: chemical engineering; separation of catalyst and reaction products. SUBSTANCE: inertial separator of straight-flow reactor is made in form of radial branch pipes mounted on upper end of barrel of straight-flow reactor and provided with swivel elbows; radial branch pipes have blind end wells filled with catalyst; outlet sections of swivel elbows are inclined towards center of reactor and are provided with stepped shear; length of projecting portion of side surface of outlet section directed towards periphery of reactor is equal to 0.8-1.2 of its diameter,. Besides that, angle between axes of outlet section of swivel elbow and radial branch pipe ranges from 75 to 89 deg. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency. 2 cl, 2 dwg