Method of chemically reacting substances in a reaction column

US6069261A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• RWE-DEA Aktiengesellschaft fur Mineraloel und Chemie · DE

Inventors

• Ulrich Hoffmann · Northeim, DE
• Ulrich Kunz · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 4, 1998
• Grant date: May 30, 2000
• Expiry date: May 4, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/10
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process carried out in a reaction column for the chemical reaction of substances the reaction of which is affected by an unfavorable equilibrium position of the main reaction or a preceding equilibrium, wherein during the reaction one or more substances to be separated are continuously removed from the reaction mixture by one or more auxiliaries.