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US 2009/0214404 A1Published application
Process and Apparatus for Improved Methods for Making Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM)
AssigneesVelocys, Inc., Celanese International Corporation
InventorsTerry J. Mazanec, Victor J. Johnston, Michael Huckman, Sean P. Fitzgerald, James A. Foster, Daniel Lindley, Anna Lee Tonkovich, Francis P. Daly, Leslie Wade, Tony Hammock, Thomas Yuschak, Bin Yang, Kai Jarosch
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Abstract
The invention provides methods, apparatus and chemical systems for making vinyl acetate from ethylene, oxygen, and acetic acid.
Claims17
1-154. (canceled)
Apparatus for the production of VAM, comprising:
- a continuous reaction channel comprising at least 2 catalyst-free mixing zones alternating with at least 2 catalyst-containing reaction zones;
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- a cooling channel adjacent to the reaction channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.