Alkylation of hydrocarbons with improved mixing and emulsifying of catalyst and reactants

Claim 2

IN AN ALKYLATION PROCESS IN WHICH ALKYLATABLE HYDROCARBONS ARE REACTED WITH OLEFINS IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ACID CATALYST IN AN ALKYLATION REACTOR THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES EMULSIFYING THE ACID AND ALKYLATABLE HYDROCARBONS, BY MECHANICALLY PROPELLING THE ACID AND ALKYLATABLE HYDROCARBON THROUGH A CONFINED ZONE WITHIN SAID ALKYLATION REACTOR, WHICH CONFINED ZONE ENCLOSES THE POINT OF PROPULSION CIRCULATING THE EMULSION THROUGH THE CONFINED REACTION ZONE AT A HIGH VELOCITY RELATIVE TO THE VELOCITY OUTSIDE OF SAID CONFINED REACTION ZONE WITHIN SAID REACTOR, AND SEPARATELY INTRODUCING AND UNIFORMLY DISPERSING SAID OLEFIN IS SAID PERFORMED EMULSION IN A PLURALITY OF SMALL STREAMS ACROSS THE FLOW PATH OF SAID EMULSION PASSING UPWARDLY, AT A POINT OF MAXIMUM LINEAR VELOCITY, WHEREBY THE REACTION PRODUCTS ARE OBTAINED WITH A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION.

Claim 3

IN A MIXING DEVICE A ROTOR PROVIDED WITH AN ELONGATED DRIVE SHAFT, MEANS DISPOSED AROUND SAID DRIVE SHAFT PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED PASSAGEWAYS PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND SAID DRIVE SHAFT WITH ONE SETS OF OPEN ENDS LOCATED ABOVE SAID ROTOR AND IN A POSITION TO RECEIVE A FLUID DISCHARGED THEREFROM, A ROTOR CASING SURROUNDING SAID ROTOR AND ARRANGED TO CONFINE A FIRST FLUID DISCHARGED FROM SAID ROTOR AND DIRECT SAID FLUID INTO SAID PLURALITY PARALLEL PASSAGEWAYS, A SHAFT CASING ENCLOSING SAID DRIVE SHAFT AND PROVIDING WITH SAID SHAFT AN ANNULAR PASSAGE WAY TERMINATING AT ONE END THEREOF BETWEEN THE DISCHARGE SIDE OF SAID ROTOR AND THE OPEN END OF SAID PARALLEL PASSAGEWAYS, AND MEANS FOR INTRODUCING A SECOND FLUID INTO SAID ANNULAR PASSAGEAY, HOLLOW DISTRIBUTOR MEANS LOCATED IN SAID ROTOR CASING BETWEEN SAID ROTOR AND SAID PLURALITY OF PARALLEL PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING ACROSS THE PATH OF FLOW OF FLUID DISCHARGED FROM SAID ROTOR, SAID DISTRIBUTING MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID SHAFT CASING AND BEING PROVIDED WITH PORTS ALONG SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE DIMENSION THEREOF, PERPENDICULAR TO SAID PATH OF FLOW, FOR MIXING THE SECOND FLUID WITH FLUID DISCHARGED FROM SAID ROTOR PRIOR TO FLOWING FLUIDS TO SAID PLURALITY OF ELONGATED PASSAGEWAYS, SAID SECOND FLUID BEING SUPPLIED FROM SAID ANNULAR PASSAGEWAY.

Claim 4

IN A MIXING DEVICE A ROTOR PROVIDED WITH AN ELONGATED DRIVE SHAFT, MEANS DISPOSED AROUND SAID DRIVE SHAFT PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED PASSAGEWAYS PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND SAID DRIVE SHAFT WITH ONE SETS OF OPEN ENDS LOCATED ABOVE SAID ROTOR AND IN A POSITION TO RECEIVE A FLUID DISCHARGED THEREFROM, A ROTOR CASING SURROUNDING SAID ROTOR AND ARRANGED TO CONFINE A FIRST FLUID DISCHARGED FROM SAID ROTOR AND DIRECT SAID FLUID INTO SAID PLURALITY PARALLEL PASSAGEWAYS, A SHAFT CASING ENCLOSING SAID DRIVE SHAFT AND PROVIDING WITH SAID SHAFT AN ANNULAR PASSAGE WAY TERMINATING AT ONE END THEREOF BETWEEN THE DISCHARGE SIDE OF SAID ROTOR AND THE OPEN END OF SAID PARALLEL PASSAGEWAYS, AND MEANS FOR INTRODUCING A SECOND FLUID INTO SAID ANNULAR PASSAGEAY, HOLLOW DISTRIBUTOR MEANS LOCATED IN SAID ROTOR CASING BETWEEN SAID ROTOR AND SAID PLURALITY OF PARALLEL PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING ACROSS THE PATH OF FLOW OF FLUID DISCHARGED FROM SAID ROTOR, SAID DISTRIBUTING MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID SHAFT CASING AND BEING PROVIDED WITH PORTS ALONG SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE DIMENSION THEREOF, PERPENDICULAR TO SAID PATH OF FLOW, FOR MIXING THE SECOND FLUID WITH FLUID DISCHARGED FROM SAID ROTOR PRIOR TO FLOWING FLUIDS TO SAID PLURALITY OF ELONGATED PASSAGEWAYS, SAID SECOND FLUID BEING SUPPLIED FROM SAID ANNULAR PASSAGEWAY.