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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2005
Terry Mazanec, Solon, OH (US);
Anna Lee Tonkovich, Dublin, OH (US);
Wayne W. Simmons, Dublin, OH (US);
Francis P. Daly, Delaware, OH (US);
Richard Q. Long, New Albany, OH (US);
Laura J. Silva, Dublin, OH (US);
Terry Mazanec, Solon, OH (US);
Anna Lee Tonkovich, Dublin, OH (US);
Wayne W. Simmons, Dublin, OH (US);
Francis P. Daly, Delaware, OH (US);
Richard Q. Long, New Albany, OH (US);
Laura J. Silva, Dublin, OH (US);
Velocys, Inc., Plain City, OH (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a process for converting ethylene to ethylene oxide comprising: flowing reactants comprising ethylene and oxygen or a source of oxygen in a microchannel reactor in contact with a catalyst to form a product comprising ethylene oxide, the reactants undergoing an exothermic reaction in the microchannel reactor; and transferring heat from the microchannel reactor to a heat exchanger.