Column reactor with series reaction chambers

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A REACTOR FOR CARRYING OUT A REACTION BETWEEN A LIQUID REAGENT AND A GASEOUS REAGENT, SAID REACTOR HAVING WALLS DEFINING A PLURALITY OF REACTION CHAMBERS SERIALLY ARRANGED AS AN UPRIGHT COLUMN, EACH OF SAID REACTION CHAMBERS HAVING A CONSTRICTED INLET AT ITS LOWER END AND A CONSTRICTED OUTLET AT ITS UPPER END, THE OUTLET OF EACH REACTION CHAMBER OPENING DIRECTLY INTO THE INLET OF THE NEXT REACTION CHAMBER, MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH THE INLET OF THE LOWERMOST CHAMBER FOR FEEDING OF THE LIQUID REAGENT THERETO, MEANS COMMUNICATING IN PARALLEL WITH THE REACTION CHAMBERS FOR THE FEEDING OF THE GASEOUS REAGENT THERETO, SAID LAST MENTIONED MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH EACH REACTION CHAMBER AT A ZONE INTERMEDIATE THE UPPER AND LOWER ENDS OF THE REACTION CHAMBER, AGITATING MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID INTERMEDIATE ZONE, A HOLLOW SHAFT MOUNTED UPRIGHT IN THE COLUMN, SAID AGITATING MEANS BEING MOUNTED ON SAID HOLLOW SHAFT AND SAID HOLLOW SHAFT HAVING AN INLET TO ITS INTERIOR COMMUNICATING WITH SAID MEANS FOR THE FEEDING OF THE GASEOUS REAGENT AND FURTHER HAVING OUTLET OPENINGS FOR THE GASEOUS REAGENT, SAID OUTLET OPENINGS FOR THE GASEOUS REAGENT BEING LOCATED ADJACENT TO SAID AGITATING MEANS, AND EACH REACTION CHAMBER BEING PROVIDED WITH HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID REACTION.