Method for production of ethylene oxide

Details Method for production of ethylene oxide Method for production of ethylene oxide

1992-09-09

1994-03-08

Evans, Joseph E.

Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series

Organic compounds

Heterocyclic carbon compounds containing a hetero ring...

422201, C07D30110, C07D30304

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ABSTRACT:
The production of ethylene oxide by the catalytic vapor phase oxidation of ethylene with a molecular oxygen-containing gas is effected in a reactor provided with a preheating zone, a reaction zone, a cooling zone, a partition plate separating the first two portions from the third portion, and a multiplicity of reaction tubes piercing the two separated sections by a method which comprises supplying hot water to the cooling zone of the reactor, forwarding zone of the hot water discharged from the cooling zone to a gas-liquid separation tank, circulating the remainer of the hot water in conjunction with the cooling hot water to the cooling zone, supplying the hot water separated in the gas-liquid separation tank to the reaction zone to remove the heat of the oxidation reaction, and circulating the hot water extracted in the form of a gas-liquid mixed phase to the gas-liquid separation tank. The method is excellent to prevent isomerization of ethylene oxide to acetaldelyde which is impurity, excels in thermal efficiency and exhibits ideal durability of the partition plate.

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