Method for increasing oxidation reactor production capacity
US7060853B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 21, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 5, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C51/265
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for increasing the production capacity of a conventional oxidation reactor for catalytic liquid phase oxidation of paraxylene by staging the oxidation reaction into a first high pressure and high solvent ratio reaction zone followed by the conventional reactor.
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