Patent · US Expired

Reactor

US4432940A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 1982
Grant dateFeb 21, 1984
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08G63/785
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In a reactor, for the continuous polymerization of feed materials to higher viscosity process fluid, comprising a vertical, hollow vessel having an inlet for the introduction of feed materials, an outlet for the discharge of process product and an exhaust for reaction vapors; and means for heating the vessel; the improvement comprising a draft tube, partially immersed vertically in the process fluid, the non-immersed end of the tube having at least one annular plate on the periphery thereof which overhangs the process fluid; and an impeller, located within the draft tube and propelling the process fluid up the draft tube and over the plate.

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