Patent ID: 6451268
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: B01J,C01F

Abstract:
A continuous gas liquid contact reactor comprising in combination:an elongated tank having the general longitudinal cross-sectional shape of a polygon having at least four sides, said housing containing a bath of liquid; a plurality of individual chambers disposed within said tank said chambers arranged to permit said liquid to flow sequentially from a first chamber to a last chamber; means for introducing said liquid into said first chamber and withdrawing liquid from the last chamber; means in said housing for directing said liquid from a point of entry in each chamber, entry being at a top corner or a bottom corner of the first chamber, in a general direction to point of entry into the succeeding chamber whose entrance is diametrically opposed to the point of entry from the preceding chamber; and, means for introducing a reactant gas into one or more of said chambers below the level of liquid flowing through said chamber.