Horizontal trayed reactor

US7829653B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Eastman Chemical Company · US

Inventors

• Thomas Lloyd Yount · Kingsport, US
• Bruce Roger DeBruin · Kingsport, US
• Larry Cates Windes · Kingsport, US
• Roy Douglas Flores · Irmo, US
• Alan W. White · Kingsport, US
• Steven Paul Bellner · Kingsport, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 12, 2007
• Grant date: Nov 9, 2010
• Expiry date: Feb 26, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J2219/1943
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A horizontal trayed reactor operable to facilitate a chemical reaction in a reaction medium flowing therethrough. The reactor can include a plurality of vertically spaced trays disposed within the horizontally elongated vessel shell. The reaction medium can flow in generally opposite directions on vertically adjacent trays so that the reaction medium flows generally back-and-forth through the reactor.