Inventors:
Timothy J. Murphy - Orange Park FL
Guy A. Maakad - Custer WA
Assignee:
Atlantic Richfield Company - Los Angeles CA
International Classification:
B01J 1924
Abstract:
A spring-biased system for suspending a reactor tube in a reactor (e. g. a hydrogen reforming furnace) which allows the tension in each reactor tube to be easily monitored while the reactor is in operation. The suspension system includes high precision springs, the compression of which is adjusted to pre-tension a respective reactor tube so that abnormal expansion of that tube during heat-up will be readily apparent from any change in length (i. e. compression) of the springs.