Patent ID: 6863867

Claim:
An apparatus for reacting a first fluid stream and a second fluid stream, the apparatus comprising: a) a first supply conduit having a first supply conduit receiving end for receiving the first fluid stream and having a first supply conduit discharge end opposite the first supply conduit receiving end; b) a second supply conduit having a second supply conduit receiving end for receiving the second fluid stream and having a second supply conduit discharge end opposite the second supply conduit receiving end; c) a mixing chamber having a catalyst disposed therein, the mixing chamber in fluid communication with the first and second supply conduits at first and second supply conduit discharge ends, where one of the first or second supply conduit discharge ends leads substantially tangentially into the mixing chamber and the other of the first or second supply conduit discharge ends leads substantially radially into the mixing chamber, and where the height of the mixing chamber is less than about 5 mm; d) a mixing chamber outlet in fluid communication with the central region of the mixing chamber for discharging a product stream.