Patent ID: 7294734
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: B01J,C07B,C07C

Abstract:
1. A process for converting a hydrocarbon reactant to a product, the process comprising: (A) flowing a reactant composition comprising the hydrocarbon reactant, and oxygen or a source of oxygen, and optionally ammonia, in a microchannel reactor in contact with a catalyst to convert the hydrocarbon reactant to the product, the product comprising an oxygenate or a nitrile, the oxygen or source of oxygen being added to the hydrocarbon reactant, and optionally ammonia, using staged addition wherein oxygen or a source of oxygen is added to the hydrocarbon reactant, and optionally ammonia, at various points in the microchannel reactor, the hydrocarbon reactant undergoing an exothermic reaction in the microchannel reactor; (B) transferring heat from the microchannel reactor to a heat exchanger during step (A); and (C) quenching the product from step (A).