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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2009
Abbas Hassan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Rayford G. Anthony, College Station, TX (US);
Gregory Borsinger, Chatham, NJ (US);
Aziz Hassan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Ebrahim Bagherzadeh, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abbas Hassan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Rayford G. Anthony, College Station, TX (US);
Gregory Borsinger, Chatham, NJ (US);
Aziz Hassan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Ebrahim Bagherzadeh, Sugar Land, TX (US);
H R D CORPORATION, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A reactor comprising at least one contact surface made from, coated with, or impregnated by a catalyst, wherein the contact surface comprises a sintered metal or a ceramic, and wherein the reactor is configured to subject a reactant stream to shear. A system for carrying out a heterogeneously catalyzed reaction, the system comprising a reactor as described above and a pump configured for delivering reactants to the at least one reactor. A method for carrying out a heterogeneously-catalyzed reaction by introducing reactants into a reactor comprising at least one contact surface made from, coated with, or impregnated by a catalyst under conditions which promote production of a desired product, wherein the contact surface comprises a sintered metal or a ceramic, and forming a dispersion of reactants within the reactor, wherein the dispersion comprises droplets or gas bubbles of reactant with an average diameter of less than about 5 μm.