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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2007
Thomas Lloyd Yount, Kingsport, TN (US);
Bruce Roger Debruin, Lexington, SC (US);
Michael Paul Ekart, Kingsport, TN (US);
Larry Cates Windes, Kingsport, TN (US);
David Allen Sliger, Gray, TN (US);
Thomas Lloyd Yount, Kingsport, TN (US);
Bruce Roger DeBruin, Lexington, SC (US);
Michael Paul Ekart, Kingsport, TN (US);
Larry Cates Windes, Kingsport, TN (US);
David Allen Sliger, Gray, TN (US);
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Abstract
A multi-level tubular reactor operable to facilitate a chemical reaction in a reaction medium flowing therethrough. The tubular reactor can include a plurality of horizontally elongated and vertically spaced reactor segments coupled to and extending outwardly from a common header. One or more of the reactor segments can contain a tray that divides the internal volume of the reactor segment into upper and lower chambers. The reaction medium can flow away from the header in the upper chambers and back to the header in the lower chambers.