Methods for controlling the oxidation rate of a hydrocarbon by adjusting the ratio of the hydrocarbon to a rate-modulator
US6103933A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 21, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J2219/00164
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Methods for controlling the oxidation rate of a hydrocarbon to an acid by adjusting addition of a rate-modulator are disclosed. In order to control oxidation rate, the ratio of hydrocarbon to rate modulator is appropriately adjusted. Preferably, this ratio is adjusted continually based on feedback relative to oxidation progress parameters. It may be kept substantially constant at steady state conditions of the oxidation, or it may take a path of predetermined values. The rate-modulator preferably comprises a hydrocarbon oxidation initiator.
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