Appeal No. 1997-1746
Application No. 08/469,801
APPENDIX
24. A method for reacting a feed gas to produce a product
and separating the product from unreacted feed gas, comprising
the steps of:
(a) supplying a pressurized feed gas that includes
methane and oxygen;
(b) reacting the feed gas to produce a reaction mixture
which includes unreacted feed gas and a product that includes
methanol and separating the product from the unreacted feed
gas so as to effect a substantially simultaneous reaction and
separation, wherein said reaction and separation are conducted
in a plurality of compartments connected in series to form a
closed loop and are carried out in separate zones of the same
compartment; and
(c) controlling the introduction of feed gas, the
movement of unreacted feed gas, and the recovery of product
such that the compartment in which the reaction and separation
occurs advances sequentially and continuously around the
series of compartments in the closed loop.
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