Abstract 1. AN APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING REACTION OF LIQUID AND GASEOUS REACTANTS BY LIQUID-GAS CONTACT, WHICH COMPRISES A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL REACTION VESSEL HAVING A CURVILINEAR WALL, SAID VESSEL CONTAININER AT LEAST ONE LIQUID REACTANT AT A PREDETERMINED LIQUID LEVEL THEREIN; GAS INLET MEANS FOR INTRODUCING GASEOUS REACTANT INTO A ZONE OF THE LIQUID REACTANT IN SAID VESSEL BELOW THE LIQUID LEVEL; AN OUTLET DUCT FOR DRAWING OUT GAS FROM SAID VESSEL ABOVE THE LIQUID LEVEL; A LIQUID OUTLET DUCT FOR EFFECTING WITHDRAWAL OF THE LIQUID REACTANT CONTAINING THE RESULTING REACTION PRODUCTS FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF THE VESSEL BELOW THE ZONE OF INTRODUCTION OF SAID GASEOUS REACTANT; CONDUIT MEANS IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID LIQUID OUTLET DUCT, PROVIDED WITH PUMP MEANS, FOR RECYCLING A PORTION OF THE LIQUID REACTANT CONTAINING THE REACTION PRODUCTS TO AT LEAST ONE CONTACT ZONE ABOVE SAID GAS INLET MEANS WITHIN THE LIQUID PHASE IN SAID VESSEL; AND AT LEAST ONE STIRRING DUCT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CONDUIT MEANS FOR INJECTING THE RECYCLE LIQID INTO THE CONTACT ZONE IN A TANGENTIAL DIRECTION TO IMPART TO THE LIQUID IN THE VESSEL A ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT IN A SINGLE DIRECTION, EACH OF SAID DUCT MEANS INCLUDING AN INJECTION NOZZLE EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY AND TANGENTIALLY ADJACENT TO THE CURVILINEAR WALL OF THE VESSEL WHEREBY SAID WALL IS CONTINOUSLY WASHED BY THE RECYCLED LIQUID TO PREVENT DEPOSITS OF SAID REACTION PRODUCTS THEREON.
AN APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING REACTION OF LIQUID AND GASEOUS REACTANTS BY LIQUID-GAS CONTACT, WHICH COMPRISES A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL REACTION VESSEL HAVING A CURVILINEAR WALL, SAID VESSEL CONTAININER AT LEAST ONE LIQUID REACTANT AT A PREDETERMINED LIQUID LEVEL THEREIN; GAS INLET MEANS FOR INTRODUCING GASEOUS REACTANT INTO A ZONE OF THE LIQUID REACTANT IN SAID VESSEL BELOW THE LIQUID LEVEL; AN OUTLET DUCT FOR DRAWING OUT GAS FROM SAID VESSEL ABOVE THE LIQUID LEVEL; A LIQUID OUTLET DUCT FOR EFFECTING WITHDRAWAL OF THE LIQUID REACTANT CONTAINING THE RESULTING REACTION PRODUCTS FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF THE VESSEL BELOW THE ZONE OF INTRODUCTION OF SAID GASEOUS REACTANT; CONDUIT MEANS IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID LIQUID OUTLET DUCT, PROVIDED WITH PUMP MEANS, FOR RECYCLING A PORTION OF THE LIQUID REACTANT CONTAINING THE REACTION PRODUCTS TO AT LEAST ONE CONTACT ZONE ABOVE SAID GAS INLET MEANS WITHIN THE LIQUID PHASE IN SAID VESSEL; AND AT LEAST ONE STIRRING DUCT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CONDUIT MEANS FOR INJECTING THE RECYCLE
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AN APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING REACTION OF LIQUID AND GASEOUS REACTANTS BY LIQUID-GAS CONTACT, WHICH COMPRISES A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL REACTION VESSEL HAVING A CURVILINEAR WALL, SAID VESSEL CONTAININER AT LEAST ONE LIQUID REACTANT AT A PREDETERMINED LIQUID LEVEL THEREIN; GAS INLET MEANS FOR INTRODUCING GASEOUS REACTANT INTO A ZONE OF THE LIQUID REACTANT IN SAID VESSEL BELOW THE LIQUID LEVEL; AN OUTLET DUCT FOR DRAWING OUT GAS FROM SAID VESSEL ABOVE THE LIQUID LEVEL; A LIQUID OUTLET DUCT FOR EFFECTING WITHDRAWAL OF THE LIQUID REACTANT CONTAINING THE RESULTING REACTION PRODUCTS FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF THE VESSEL BELOW THE ZONE OF INTRODUCTION OF SAID GASEOUS REACTANT; CONDUIT MEANS IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID LIQUID OUTLET DUCT, PROVIDED WITH PUMP MEANS, FOR RECYCLING A PORTION OF THE LIQUID REACTANT CONTAINING THE REACTION PRODUCTS TO AT LEAST ONE CONTACT ZONE ABOVE SAID GAS INLET MEANS WITHIN THE LIQUID PHASE IN SAID VESSEL; AND AT LEAST ONE STIRRING DUCT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CONDUIT MEANS FOR INJECTING THE RECYCLE