Process for chemical reaction in the adsorbed phase of solid adsorbents

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR CARRYING OUT CHEMICAL REACTANT BETWEEN GASEOUS OR VAPOROUS REACTANTS, WHICH REACTIONS ARE FAVORABLY EFFECTED BY THE APPLICATION OF PRESSURES WHICH PROCESS COMPRISES FIRST CONTACTING THE LESS READILY ADSORBABLE REACTANT WITH A MOVING BED OF SOLID GRANULAR ADSORBENT WHICH IS IMPREGNATED WITH A CATALYTIC MATERIAL FAVORABLY EFFECTING THE RATE OF SAID CHEMICAL REACTION AND WHICH IS MAINTAINED AT REACTION TEMPERATURE, SECOND CONTACTING THE MOVING BED OF ADSORBENT CONTAINING THE LESS READILY ADSORBABLE REACTANT ADSORBED THEREON WITH A MORE READILY ADSORBABLE REACTANT AND THEREBY REACTING THE TWO IN THE ADSORBED PHASE ON THE ADSORBENT, SUBSEQUENTLY INDIRECTLY HEATING THE MOVING BED OF ADSORBENT WHILE COUNTERCURRENTLY CONTACTING THE SAME WITH A STRIPPING GAS TO DESORB THE REACTION PRODUCT, AND RETURNING THE MOVING BED OF ADSORBENT TO CONTACT FURTHER QUANTITIES OF SAID REACTANTS.