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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
Anna Lee Tonkovich, Dublin, OH (US);
Kai Tod Paul Jarosch, Bexley, OH (US);
Timothy J. Sullivan, Dublin, OH (US);
Terry Mazanec, Solon, OH (US);
Sean Patrick Fitzgerald, Columbus, OH (US);
Maddalena Fanelli, Columbus, OH (US);
Anna Lee Tonkovich, Dublin, OH (US);
Kai Tod Paul Jarosch, Bexley, OH (US);
Timothy J. Sullivan, Dublin, OH (US);
Terry Mazanec, Solon, OH (US);
Sean Patrick Fitzgerald, Columbus, OH (US);
Maddalena Fanelli, Columbus, OH (US);
Other;
Abstract
The disclosed technology relates to a process for conducting a chemical reaction between at least one liquid reactant and at least one gaseous reactant in a process microchannel containing at least one catalyst, the catalyst comprising a solid phase catalyst or a homogeneous catalyst immobilized on a solid. In one embodiment, the process microchannel comprises a processing zone containing one or more structures for disrupting fluid flow and a reaction zone containing one or more structures for contacting and/or supporting the catalyst, the one or more structures for contacting and/or supporting the catalyst containing openings to permit the reactants to flow through the one or more structures and contact the catalyst.