METHOD FOR PREVENTING EXPLOSIONS

• US 3,692,823 A
• Filed: 02/16/1970
• Issued: 09/19/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: William E. Gordon
• Original Assignee: William E. Gordon
• Inventors: Gordon, William E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Patten, James A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kelly, Richard D.
• Application Number:
  US05/014,855
• Time in Patent Office: 946 Days
• Field of Search: 260/497A,497R
• US Class Current: 560/243
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 19/002 Avoiding undesirable reactions or side-effects, e.g. avoiding explosions, or improving the yield by suppressing side-reactions
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2219/00263 Preventing explosion of the chemical mixture

Abstract

In a process in which a gas comprising oxygen is bubbled through a liquid reaction medium contained in a reaction vessel, with a flammable or potentially flammable vapor being contained in the ullage space of the vessel with a resultant explosion hazard, the explosion hazard is minimized by continuously spraying a liquid comprising predominantly at least one component of the reaction medium into the ullage space so as to maintain a suspension of liquid droplets throughout the ullage space.

Claims

2. The improvement of claim 1, wherein the liquid droplets are maintained in the potentially explosive gas in a concentration of at least 0.2 part of liquid per part of gas by weight.