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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2007
John H. Brophy, Bristol, GB;
Frederick A. Pesa, Aurora, OH (US);
Anna Lee Tonkovich, Marysville, OH (US);
Jeffrey S. Mcdaniel, Columbus, OH (US);
Kai Tod Paul Jarosch, Bexley, OH (US);
John H. Brophy, Bristol, GB;
Frederick A. Pesa, Aurora, OH (US);
Anna Lee Tonkovich, Marysville, OH (US);
Jeffrey S. McDaniel, Columbus, OH (US);
Kai Tod Paul Jarosch, Bexley, OH (US);
Velocys, Inc., Plain City, OH (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a process for converting a hydrocarbon reactant to a product comprising an oxygenate or a nitrile, the process comprising: (A) flowing a reactant composition comprising the hydrocarbon reactant, and oxygen or a source of oxygen, and optionally ammonia, through a microchannel reactor in contact with a catalyst to convert the hydrocarbon reactant to the product, the hydrocarbon reactant undergoing an exothermic reaction in the microchannel reactor; (B) transferring heat from the microchannel reactor to a heat exchanger during step (A); and (C) quenching the product from step (A).