Claims
- 1. A process for producing bisphenols comprising introducing phenol and ketone into the reactor system comprising:
- (a) an upflow chemical reactor;
- (b) a sulfonated aromatic fixed bed ion exchange resin catalyst having no greater than 2% degree of crosslinking charged in said reactor; and
- (c) packing randomly distributed within said reactor;
- in an upflow mode, reacting the reactants in said reactor systems, and recovering the products thereof.
- 2. The process of claim 1 wherein said packing is comprised of pall rings.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This application claims the benefit of the filing of U.S. Provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/013,831 filed on Mar. 21, 1996. This invention is related to chemical reactor design and use.
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