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Sulfonating apparatus

US4113438A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 1, 1976
Grant dateSep 12, 1978
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Expiry dateDec 1, 1996

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S261/56
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus is provided wherein organic reactant is sulfonated by injecting it into a stream of gas comprising sulfur trioxide, at a venturi, and the resulting reaction mixture is quenched with a stream of cooled, recycled reaction product immediately downstream of the venturi in a conduit in which particles of reaction mixture are agglomerated into a film of the recycle stream and in which additional sulfonation reaction occurs.

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