Methods of making intermediate oxidation products by controlling transient conversion in an atomized liquid
AssigneeTwenty-First Century Research Corporation
InventorsMark W. Dassel, Eustathios Vassiliou
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Abstract
Methods of making intermediate oxidation products by atomizing a first liquid containing a reactant into a gas containing an oxidant in a manner to form an intermediate oxidation product different than carbon monoxide and/or carbon dioxide. The oxidation is controlled by monitoring the transient conversion (conversion taking place in the time interval between the formation of the droplets and their coalescence into a mass of liquid) of first reactant to oxidation product just before the droplets coalesce into a mass of a second liquid.
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A method of preparing an intermediate oxidation product from a first liquid containing a first reactant and a gas containing an oxidant, the method comprising the steps of:
- atomizing the first liquid to form a plurality of droplets in the gas at an atomization temperature and at an atomization distance from a mass of a second liquid;
- causing a substantially non-destructive oxidation at an oxidation pressure between the first reactant and the oxidant to form the intermediate oxidation product;
- coalescing the droplets into the mass of the second liquid;
- controlling transient conversion of the first reactant and the oxidant to intermediate oxidation product in the droplets to be within a predetermined pre-coalescing transient conversion range, before said droplets coalesce into the second liquid;
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- separating the intermediate oxidation product from the second liquid.
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