APPARATUS FOR CATALYTIC REFORMING HYDROCARBONS HAVING FLOW DISTRIBUTOR AND PROCESS FOR REFORMING HYDROCARBONS

A reforming reactor and process of using same in which a flow distributor distributes the process gas circumferentially to the reactive zone. Feed is injected into the reactor into a non-reactive zone. The non-reactive zone has two portions, a first portion receiving the feed, and a second portion receiving a purge gas. The purge gas will flow from the second portion to the first portion to prevent flow of the feed from the first portion to the second portion. The combined gas may be passed to a reaction zone for catalytic reforming. The first portion and the second portion may be separated by a flow distributor having two horizontal portions connected to opposite ends of a vertical portion. 1. A radial flow reactor comprising:a non-reactive zone separated into a first portion and a second portion by a flow distributor, wherein the flow distributor comprises a first horizontal portion, a second horizontal portion, and a first vertical portion connecting the first and second horizontal portions, and wherein the second horizontal portion comprises, when viewed from a top, a sector shape;a reaction zone disposed below the non-reactive zone and separated from the non-reactive zone by a plate;an inlet for a hydrocarbon feed stream in the non-reactive zone; and,an outlet for an effluent stream in the non-reactive zone, the outlet in fluid communication with the reaction zone.2. The radial flow reactor of claim 1 , wherein the inlet and the outlet are both disposed within the second portion of the non-reactive zone.3. The radial flow reactor of claim 1 , wherein the second horizontal portion comprises a plurality of sections claim 1 , each having claim 1 , when viewed from a top claim 1 , a sector shape.4. The radial flow reactor of claim 1 , wherein the first horizontal portion comprises an upper horizontal portion and the second horizontal portion comprises a lower horizontal portion.5. The radial flow reactor of claim 4 , wherein the flow distributor further comprises a ...

Apparatus for catalytic reforming hydrocarbons having flow distributor and process for reforming hydrocarbons

A reforming reactor and process of using same in which a flow distributor distributes the process gas circumferentially to the reactive zone. Feed is injected into the reactor into a non-reactive zone. The non-reactive zone has two portions, a first portion receiving the feed, and a second portion receiving a purge gas. The purge gas will flow from the second portion to the first portion to prevent flow of the feed from the first portion to the second portion. The combined gas may be passed to a reaction zone for catalytic reforming. The first portion and the second portion may be separated by a flow distributor having two horizontal portions connected to opposite ends of a vertical portion.

Apparatus for catalytic reforming hydrocarbons having flow distributor and process for reforming hydrocarbons

Aparato para reformado catalitico de hidrocarburos que tiene distribuidor de flujo y proceso para reformar hidrocarburos.

Un reactor de reformado y un proceso de uso del mismo en el cual un distribuidor de flujo distribuye el gas del proceso circunferencialmente hasta la zona reactiva. La alimentación se inyecta en el reactor en una zona no reactiva. La zona no reactiva tiene dos porciones, una primera porción que recibe la alimentación y una segunda porción que recibe un gas de purga. El gas de purga fluirá desde la segunda porción hasta la primera porción para evitar el flujo de la alimentación desde la primera porción hasta la segunda porción. El gas combinado puede pasarse a una zona de reacción para el reformado catalítico. La primera porción y la segunda porción pueden estar separadas mediante un distribuidor de flujo que tiene dos porciones horizontales conectadas a extremos opuestos de una porción vertical.