OPTIMIZED LIQUID-PHASE OXIDATION IN A BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR

Disclosed is an optimized process and apparatus for more efficiently and economically carrying out the liquid-phase oxidation of an oxidizable compound. Such liquid-phase oxidation is carried out in a bubble column reactor that provides for a highly efficient reaction at relatively low temperatures....

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Main Authors DE VREEDE, MARCEL, STRASSER, WAYNE, SCOTT, PARTIN, LEE, REYNOLDS, WONDERS, ALAN, GEORGE, JENKINS, HOWARD WOOD, JR
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 11.01.2012
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ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
METALLURGY
MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:Disclosed is an optimized process and apparatus for more efficiently and economically carrying out the liquid-phase oxidation of an oxidizable compound. Such liquid-phase oxidation is carried out in a bubble column reactor that provides for a highly efficient reaction at relatively low temperatures. When the oxidized compound is para-xylene and the product from the oxidation reaction is crude terephthalic acid (CTA), such CTA product can be purified and separated by more economical techniques than could be employed if the CTA were formed by a conventional high-temperature oxidation process.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20050792896