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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1982
Edward J Buyalos, Chester, VA (US);
Hugh H Rowan, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Steven A Young, Cary, NC (US);
David Pendlebury, Chester, VA (US);
Allied Corporation, Morris Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Abstract
In a reactor, for the continuous polymerization of feed materials to higher viscosity process fluid, comprising a vertical, hollow vessel having an inlet for the introduction of feed materials, an outlet for the discharge of process product and an exhaust for reaction vapors; and means for heating the vessel; the improvement comprising a draft tube, partially immersed vertically in the process fluid, the non-immersed end of the tube having at least one annular plate on the periphery thereof which overhangs the process fluid; and an impeller, located within the draft tube and propelling the process fluid up the draft tube and over the plate.