| abstract |
A bubble column-cascade reactor comprising a vertical column and a plurality of equidistantly-spaced, horizontally-mounted, uniformly-perforated plates therein, the aperture area of each plate being dependent on the cross-sectional area of the column and the plate-spacing being such that adjacent plates are separated vertically by a distance at least three times the diameter of the columnar reactor. A method for reacting a liquid with a gas or with a non-gaseous reagent in the presence of an inert or reactive gas employing such a bubble column-cascade reactor with little or no liquid back-mixing, dwell time in the reactor being dependent on the liquid and gas throughputs. |