Monsanto Company

Lloyd S Eubanks

Jerry L Price

Robert J Cordingley

A fluid distribution system for a vessel comprises a fluid supply main conduit and a plurality of parallel co-planar branch pipes, the branch pipes having terminal orifices equidistantly spaced from the inner wall of the vessel by about half the distance between consecutive adjacent orifices along each branch pipe.

Fluid distribution system

An improved process for the simultaneous and continuous production of acetic and propionic acids in a single reactor wherein the rate of propionic acid production is enhanced over that which prevails when this acid is produced separately in the same reactor under the same conditions, said rate enhancement being achieved by the introduction of methanol at a critical rate.

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Texas City, TX, United States of America

Lloyd S Eubanks