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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2007
Anna Lee Tonkovich, Dublin, OH (US);
Kai Tod Paul Jarosch, Bexley, OH (US);
Bin Yang, Columbus, OH (US);
Francis P. Daly, Delaware, OH (US);
Thomas P. Hickey, Dublin, OH (US);
Jeffrey Marco, South Charleston, OH (US);
Timothy J. Laplante, Columbus, OH (US);
Richard Q. Long, New Albany, OH (US);
Anna Lee Tonkovich, Dublin, OH (US);
Kai Tod Paul Jarosch, Bexley, OH (US);
Bin Yang, Columbus, OH (US);
Francis P. Daly, Delaware, OH (US);
Thomas P. Hickey, Dublin, OH (US);
Jeffrey Marco, South Charleston, OH (US);
Timothy J. LaPlante, Columbus, OH (US);
Richard Q. Long, New Albany, OH (US);
Velocys, Inc., Plain City, OH (US);
Abstract
The disclosed invention relates to a process for converting ethylbenzene to styrene, comprising: flowing a feed composition comprising ethylbenzene in at least one process microchannel in contact with at least one catalyst to dehydrogenate the ethylbenzene and form a product comprising styrene; exchanging heat between the process microchannel and at least one heat exchange channel in thermal contact with the process microchannel; and removing product from the process microchannel. Also disclosed is an apparatus comprising a process microchannel, a heat exchange channel, and a heat transfer wall positioned between the process microchannel and heat exchange channel wherein the heat transfer wall comprises a thermal resistance layer.