Method and system for liquid phase reactions using high shear
AssigneeH R D Corporation
InventorsAbbas Hassan, Aziz Hassan, Rayford G. Anthony, Gregory Borsinger
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Abstract
A method of reacting one or more components in a liquid phase to form an organic product, the method including feeding a carbon-based gas to a high shear device; feeding a hydrogen-based liquid medium to the high shear device; using the high shear device to form a dispersion comprising the carbon-based gas and the hydrogen-based liquid medium, wherein the dispersion comprises gas bubbles with a mean diameter of less than about 5 μm; introducing the dispersion into a reactor; and reacting the dispersion to produce the organic product.
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A method of reacting one or more components in a liquid phase to form an organic product, the method comprising:
- (a) feeding a carbon-based gas and a hydrogen-based liquid medium to a high shear device, the high shear device comprising a shear gap, wherein the carbon-based gas consists of one or more gases selected from the group consisting of carbon dioxide, simple gaseous alkanes, carbon monoxide, and combinations thereof;
- (b) using the high shear device to form a dispersion comprising the carbon-based gas and the hydrogen-based liquid medium, wherein the dispersion comprises gas bubbles with a mean diameter of less than about 1 μm;
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- (c) reacting the dispersion to produce the organic product.
A method of reacting a carbon-based component in a methane liquid phase to form an organic product, the method comprising:
- feeding the carbon-based component to a high shear device comprising at least one inlet, at least one outlet, at least one generator configured with a first rotor and a first stator corresponding to the first rotor, wherein the first rotor and the first stator are separated by a shear gap width configured as the minimum distance between the first rotor and the first stator, and wherein the high shear mixing device is capable of producing a tip speed of the first rotor of greater than 22 m/s;
- feeding the methane liquid phase to the high shear device;
- using the high shear device to form a dispersion comprising the carbon-based component and the methane liquid phase, wherein the dispersion comprises gas bubbles with a mean diameter of less than about 5 μm;
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- reacting the dispersion to produce a stream comprising the organic product.
A method of hydrogenating acetic acid to form an organic product comprising ethanol, the method comprising:
- (a) feeding a mixture comprising hydrogen gas and a liquid medium comprising acetic acid to a high shear device, the high shear device comprising a shear gap;
- (b) using the high shear device to form a dispersion comprising the hydrogen gas dispersed in the liquid medium, wherein the dispersion comprises hydrogen gas bubbles with a mean diameter of less than about 1 μm;
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- (c) reacting the dispersion to produce the organic product comprising ethanol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.