US 7,595,029 B2
	Monolith catalytic reactor coupled to static mixer
Keith Allen Welp, Macungie, Pa. (US); Anthony Rocco Cartolano, Orefield, Pa. (US); David Joseph Parrillo, Schenectady, N.Y. (US); Richard Peter Boehme, Allentown, Pa. (US); Reinaldo Mario Machado, Allentown, Pa. (US); and Sylvia Caram, Allentown, Pa. (US)
Assigned to Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, Pa. (US)
Filed on Feb. 01, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/48,582.
Application 11/048582 is a division of application No. 10/053787, filed on Jan. 21, 2002, granted, now 7,109,378.
Application 10/053787 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/942839, filed on Aug. 30, 2001, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2005/0129594 A1, Jun. 16, 2005
Int. Cl. B01J 19/24 (2006.01); C07C 209/48 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 422—129  [422/187; 422/224; 564/417; 564/418; 564/420; 564/421; 564/422; 564/423; 564/489; 564/493]

4 Claims

1. An apparatus comprised of in combination a monolith catalytic reactor having an inlet and an outlet and a static mixer having an inlet and an outlet, said outlet of said static mixer in communication with the inlet of said monolith catalytic reactor, wherein the monolith catalytic reactor has from 100 to 1200 cells per square inch, and the static mixer comprises a plurality of parallel channels defining alternating flow paths which extend angularly to the longitudinal axis and a plurality of mixing sections with each mixing section rotated about the longitudinal axis in the direction of flow from the preceding section.