Process of making ethyl chloride and vinyl chloride

Claim 1

THE IMPROVED PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE OF ETHYL CHLORIDE AND VINYL CHLORIDE COMPRISING INTRODUCING GASEOUS MIXTURE OF CHLORINE AND ETHANE TO THE BOTTOM OF A VERTICAL REACTION CHAMBER, THE REACTION CHAMBER INCLUDING A BOTTOM CHLORINATION ZONE AND TOP DEHYDROCHLORINATION ZONE ESTABLISHED AS HEREAFTER DEFINED, THE GASEOUS MIXTURE BEING FED AT A RATE PROVIDING A SUPERFICIAL LINEAR VELOCITY OF FROM ABOUT 1 TO ABOUT 3 FEET PER SECOND AT THE TEMPERATURE OF REACTION, THE REACTION CHAMBER CONTAINING FINELY DIVIDED SOLIDS MAINTAINED IN THE FLUIDIZED STATE BY THE FLOW OF GASES IN THE REACTION CHAMBER, SAID SOLIDS BEING FROM ABOUT 50 MESH TO 250 MESH IN SIZE AND THE TEMPERATURE OF THE REACTION CHAMBER BEING MAINTAINED ABOVE ABOUT 300*C., THE CHLORINE THEREBY SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY REACTING WITH THE ETHANE IN THE SAID BOTTOM ZONE, TO FORM ETHYL CHLORIDE, DICHLOROETHANE AND HYDROGEN CHLORIDE, A STREAM OF VAPORIZED PREHEATED DICHLOROETHANES BEING FED TO THE CHAMBER AT A VERTICAL LEVEL AT WHICH THE CHLORINE FED HAS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY REACTED, THEREBY ESTABLISHING THE BOTTOM OF TH DEHYDROCHLORINATION ZONE AND FORMING FEED GASES TO THE DEHYDROCHLORINATION, THE QUANTITY OF DICHLOROETHANE BEING AT LEAST AS HIGH, AS THE QUANTITY OF DICHLOROETHANE GENERATED IN THE CHLORINATION ZONE, THE HEAT GENERATED IN THE CHLORINATION ZONE BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE DEHYDROCHLORINATION ZONE BY THE FLUIDIZED SOLIDS, AND WITHDRAWING REACTED GASES FROM THE TOP OF THE DEHYDROCHLORINATION ZONE.