1985 年 18 巻 6 号 p. 515-519
A new type of spinning catalyst basket reactor, referred to here as the annular reactor, has been developed in which an annular basket rotates in an unbaffled annular vessel. The distinctly superior performance of the annular reactor over existing reactors was confirmed by experiments in liquid-phase isomerization of quadricyclane to norbornadiene. It was found that the annular reactor increased the rate of mass transfer by a factor of about 4.5 compared with a Carberry reactor of similar dimensions. In addition, it needs a smaller liquid volume and less agitation power. For testing heterogeneous catalysts of high activity, the use of the newly-developed annular reactor is strongly recommended.
