US 12,076,700 B2
Loop slurry reactor cooling processes and systems
Reza Khankal, Humble, TX (US); James E. Hein, Houston, TX (US); Anurag Gupta, Sugar Land, TX (US); Enrique J. Mancillas, Houston, TX (US); and Timothy O. Odi, Kingwood, TX (US)
Assigned to Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, The Woodlands, TX (US)
Filed by Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, The Woodlands, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/063,844.
Prior Publication US 2022/0105489 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B01J 19/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/06 (2006.01); B01J 19/24 (2006.01); C08F 2/01 (2006.01)
CPC B01J 19/0013 (2013.01) [B01J 19/06 (2013.01); B01J 19/2465 (2013.01); C08F 2/01 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00094 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process for cooling a plurality of vertical legs in a loop slurry reactor, the loop slurry reactor having a first side opposite of a second side and a third side opposite of a fourth side, wherein the first side and the second side are perpendicular to the third side and the fourth side, the process comprising:
flowing coolant to a first coolant supply header extending along the first side of the loop slurry reactor;
flowing coolant from a first coolant return header extending along the second side of the loop slurry reactor; and
flowing coolant from the first coolant supply header to the first coolant return header via a first plurality of coolant passes;
wherein each of the first plurality of coolant passes is configured to i) exchange heat with a first pair of the plurality of vertical legs, ii) receive coolant from the first coolant supply header on the first side of the loop slurry reactor, and iii) return coolant to the first coolant return header on the second side of the loop slurry reactor.