MULTIPHASE CONTACT AND DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS FOR HYDROPROCESSING

[0093] Systems and apparatus for mixing, cooling, and distributing multiphase fluid mixtures within a reactor, wherein reactor internal apparatus of the present invention provides not only improved fluid mixing and distribution to each underlying catalyst bed surface, but also offers other advantages including: decreased mixing tray height; easier maintenance, assembly and disassembly; and decreased amounts of fabrication material. In an embodiment, fluid may be evenly distributed to a catalyst bed from a fluid distribution unit comprising a nozzle tray (260) including a plurality of nozzles (600), wherein the nozzles (600) include at least one liquid inlet (614) disposed tangentially to an inner surface of the nozzle (600). Fig. 1