METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARTIAL THERMAL OXIDATION OF HYDROCARBONS Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC C07C2/78 C07C11/24 C10L3/02 B01J12/00 B01J19/00 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method for partial oxidation of hydrocarbons in a reactor, according to which a stream containing a hydrocarbon and a stream containing oxygen are fed into said reactor. The method is characterised by that both said streams are independently fed into the reactor respectively through one or more spaced apart lines inside of which there are turbulence generators which provide a given change in direction of flow, owing to which downstream beyond the turbulence generators a highly turbulent flow field is formed, wherein the turbulence generators cover the cross-section of the lines by a value ranging from 10% to 70%, wherein during passage of the streams through the turbulence generators, there is an arched change in the direction of flow in an inscribed angle ranging from 45° to 360°, and wherein right after coming out of the lines, the flow velocity includes a tangential component and the streams are mixed in a mixing zone and then react in a reaction zone. The invention also relates to an apparatus realising said method.

EFFECT: use of the present invention enables to achieve fast and quality mixing of reactants during short-term dwell thereof in a small space.

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