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Process for ethylene oxide production

US5840932A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 21, 1997
Grant dateNov 24, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 21, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07D301/08
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to the novel recycle of a slipstream of product gas from the reactor outlet train, the slipstream having been cooled to a lower temperature, back into the outlet head. The recycled cooled gas immediately reduces the temperature of the product gas as the product gas exits the reactor tubes.

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