Patent ID: 7498003
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: B01J,C07C

Abstract:
1. In a bubble column reactor for reacting a predominately liquid-phase stream and a predominately gas-phase stream, the improvement comprising: a vessel shell defining an elongated reaction zone extending along a normally-upright central shell axis, wherein said reaction zone presents axially-spaced normally-upper and normally-lower ends; one or more gas openings for discharging said gas-phase stream into said reaction zone; and one or more liquid openings for introducing said liquid-phase stream into said reaction zone, wherein when said reaction zone is theoretically partitioned into 4 vertical quadrants of equal volume by a pair of intersecting vertical planes, not more than about 80 percent of the cumulative open area defined by all of said liquid openings is attributable to liquid openings located in a common one of said vertical quadrants.