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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2007
Bruce Roger Debruin, Lexington, SC (US);
Michael Paul Ekart, Kingsport, TN (US);
Thomas Lloyd Yount, Kingsport, TN (US);
Larry Cates Windes, Kingsport, TN (US);
David Allen Sliger, Gray, TN (US);
Bruce Roger DeBruin, Lexington, SC (US);
Michael Paul Ekart, Kingsport, TN (US);
Thomas Lloyd Yount, Kingsport, TN (US);
Larry Cates Windes, Kingsport, TN (US);
David Allen Sliger, Gray, TN (US);
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Abstract
The disclosure describes a reactor operable to facilitate a chemical reaction in a reaction medium flowing therethrough. The reactor can include a horizontally elongated reactor segment containing a horizontally elongated tubular member and a tray disposed within the tubular member. The reaction medium can flow through the reactor segment on the tray and on the bottom of the tubular member in generally opposite directions. The reactor also can include a header and multiple horizontally elongated reactor segments coupled to the header and spaced vertically apart from one another. The reactor can be used to produce polyesters.