Patent ID: 6901334
Filing Date: 2005-05-31
Classification: B01J,C40B,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of analyzing any one or more of the following: at least one physical property of a reaction product, at least one chemical property of a reaction product, at least one performance property of reactant or catalyst used in producing a reaction product, at least one of the effects of any one or more reaction conditions on a reaction product, and at least one of the effects of any one or more reaction conditions on at least one performance property of any reactant or catalyst used in producing a reaction product, wherein said method comprises at least the following: a. providing at least a first and a second reaction zone, wherein said first and said second reaction zones each have associated therewith a plurality of corresponding reaction conditions, and wherein at least one of the reaction conditions associated with the first reaction zone is capable of being controlled independently of the corresponding reaction condition associated with the second reaction zone; b. providing in said first reaction zone at least a first reactant and a first catalyst; c. providing in said second reaction zone at least a second reactant and a second catalyst, said first reactant can be the same or different from said second reactant, and said first catalyst can be the same or different from said second catalyst; d. subjecting at least one of said reaction zones to a set of reaction conditions to produce a reaction product; and e. analyzing said reaction product to determine at least one of the following: at least one physical property of said reaction product, at least one chemical property of said reaction product, at least one performance property of said first reactant, at least one performance property of said second reactant, at least one performance property of said first catalyst, at least one performance property of said second catalyst, at least one of the effects of any one or more reaction conditions a physical or chemical property of the reaction product; at least one of the effects of any one or more reaction conditions a performance property of the first or second reactant, and at least one of the effects of any one or more reaction conditions on a performance property of the first or second catalyst.