Abstract
News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:“Catalyst material is typically used inside reactors to inc rease the rate of a chemical reaction. Conventionalcatalyst loading methods inc lude sock loading and dense loading.“The sock loading method involves transferring catalyst material from a loading hopper at the top ofthe reactor into a catalyst bed, via a manway at the top of the reactor using a partly flexible loading sleeveor sock which typically cons ists of a rigid/semi-rigid pipe attached to a discharge outlet of the hopper atthe top and a flexible sock connected to a lower end of the rigid pipe. An opera tor is normally requiredinside the reactor to direct the flexible sock to ensur e even distribution of the catalyst material inside thereactor. Accordingly, th e sock loading method typically requires reactor entry by the operator and, onceinside, manual intervention by the operator.
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