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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2007
Thomas Lloyd Yount, Kingsport, TN (US);
Bruce Roger Debruin, Lexington, SC (US);
Larry Cates Windes, Kingsport, TN (US);
Roy Douglas Flores, Irmo, SC (US);
Alan Wayne White, Kingsport, TN (US);
Steven Paul Bellner, Kingsport, TN (US);
Thomas Lloyd Yount, Kingsport, TN (US);
Bruce Roger DeBruin, Lexington, SC (US);
Larry Cates Windes, Kingsport, TN (US);
Roy Douglas Flores, Irmo, SC (US);
Alan Wayne White, Kingsport, TN (US);
Steven Paul Bellner, Kingsport, TN (US);
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Abstract
A horizontal trayed reactor operable to facilitate a chemical reaction in a reaction medium flowing therethrough. The reactor can include a plurality of vertically spaced trays disposed within the horizontally elongated vessel shell. The reaction medium can flow in generally opposite directions on vertically adjacent trays so that the reaction medium flows generally back-and-forth through the reactor.