Process for ethylene oxide production
US5840932A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 21, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 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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