Claims
- 1. A method for mixing a liquid hydrocarbon with a hydrogen-containing gas in a reactor comprising the steps of:
- a) passing hydrogen-containing gas and liquid hydrocarbon into a reactor comprising a vessel with an internal cylindrical wall; a catalyst bed support means secured to the internal cylindrical wall of the vessel; a plate member secured to the internal cylindrical wall of the vessel and having a structure defining at least one opening; at least one tube member having a tubular bore and bound to the plate member such that the tubular bore communicates with the at least one opening; and the at least one tube member including at least one tubular opening in a side thereof and an open bottom end;
- b) forming a liquid level of the liquid hydrocarbon below the plate member and an evolved hydrogen-containing gas between the liquid level and the plate member;
- c) passing at least a portion of the liquid hydrocarbon through the open bottom end of the tube member;
- d) passing at least a portion of the hydrogen-containing gas through the tubular opening for mixing with the liquid hydrocarbon in the tubular bore of the tube member;
- e) passing the mixture of liquid hydrocarbon and hydrogen-containing gas from the tubular bore of the tube member through the at least one opening in the plate member.
- 2. A method of hydroprocessing a hydrocarbon feed stream that is flowing through a hydroconversion reaction zone, comprising:
- a) mixing a liquid hydrocarbon with a hydrogen-containing gas in a reactor which contains a catalyst bed supported on a catalyst bed support means according to the method of claim 1; and
- b) passing the mixture of liquid hydrocarbon and hydrogen-containing gas into the catalyst bed supported on the catalyst bed support means.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the tube member has a tubular axis and the at least one tubular opening has an opening axis that is generally normal to said tubular axis.
Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional application of U.S. Ser. No. 08,617,464, filed Mar. 18, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,835,534, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by references for all purposes.
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