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US4483826A
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Combination reaction vessel and aspirator-mixer
Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Co
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Filing: 1980-08-12
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Granted: 1984-11-20
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Expires: 2000-08-12
Abstract
Abstract There is disclosed an apparatus for effecting a chemical reaction. There is provided an aspirator-mixer or zone to which the reaction mass is pumped to activate the same and into which another reactant is furnished and from which admixed reaction mass and reactant are discharged into a reaction zone in which the concentration or proportion of a vaporous or gaseous reactant is maintained at a level as desired by sucking therefrom into the suction side of the aspirator-mixer or zone any excess of such reactant. In one embodiment, a mercaptan is oxidized to corresponding disulfides with oxygen and the oxygen level in the reaction zone is maintained as desired by sucking off into the suction side of the aspirator-mixer any oxygen in the reaction zone in excess of that desired therein.
Inventors
- 👤 Rector P. Louthan
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-04 13:25
CPC Classifications
C; C07; C07C; C07C319/00; C07C319/22; C07C319/24; B; B01; B01J; B01J19/00; B01J19/18; B01J19/1868; B01J19/1881; B01J19/26; B01J2219/00; B01J2219/00049; B01J2219/00051; B01J2219/00074; B01J2219/00087; B01J2219/00103; B01J2219/00105; B01J2219/0011; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S261/00; Y10S261/27; Y10S261/75
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
163 words
An apparatus for effecting reaction which comprises in combination a reaction vessel, conduit means in open communication with a point below the level of the top of said vessel for withdrawing reactant mass from said vessel, pump means in open communication with said conduit means and the high pressure side of an aspirator-mixer for pumping said withdrawn mass into said aspirator-miser thus to activate the same, the discharge of said aspirator-mixer being in open communication by means of a conduit with a point at or near said top of said vessel above said level, means for supplying into said aspirator-mixer an oxidizing medium as a reactant for admixture therein with reactants supplied thereto, and means in open communication with the suction side of said aspirator-mixer and a point at the top of said vessel for removing from said vessel undesired reactants therein and into said aspirator-mixer whereby vaporous or gaseous medium in said vessel can be removed from said vessel into said aspirator-mixer.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
163 words
An apparatus for effecting reaction which comprises in combination a reaction vessel, conduit means in open communication with a point below the level of the top of said vessel for withdrawing reactant mass from said vessel, pump means in open communication with said conduit means and the high pressure side of an aspirator-mixer for pumping said withdrawn mass into said aspirator-miser thus to activate the same, the discharge of said aspirator-mixer being in open communication by means of a conduit with a point at or near said top of said vessel above said level, means for supplying into said aspirator-mixer an oxidizing medium as a reactant for admixture therein with reactants supplied thereto, and means in open communication with the suction side of said aspirator-mixer and a point at the top of said vessel for removing from said vessel undesired reactants therein and into said aspirator-mixer whereby vaporous or gaseous medium in said vessel can be removed from said vessel into said aspirator-mixer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said reaction vessel is equipped with control means by which the amount of oxidizing medium present in the vessel at any time is controlled.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the oxidizing medium contains oxygen and the control means comprises an oxygen analyzer.
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