Quenching Position

Schematic drawings of some typical modem furnace black reactors are shown in Figure 50. They all have a gas-tight metal jacket. The reaction zone is coated with a ceramic inner liner, generally on an alumina base, which is stable to temperatures of ca. 1800 °C. Several quenching positions allow the changing of the effective volume of the reactor. This allows variation of the mean residence time of the carbon black at the high reaction temperature. Typical residence times for reinforcing blacks are 10-100 ms.

Other parameters influencing carbon black quality are the manner in which the oil is injected, atomized, and mixed with the combustion gases, the type and amount of additives, the preheating temperature of the air, and the quench position. As long as... 

From a practical standpoint, it is essential to design and operate the reactor in such a way that the maximum cycle life for the reactor is achieved while minimizing the number of quenches required. This means that the quenching position(s) and the variation of feed temperature with time must be optimized to achieve the maximum cycle life. 

Equations (4-24) through (4-32) were solved on the computer by Shah et al.47 For a given set of conditions, a value of Q (as a function of quench position) at zero time was obtained. This Q was kept constant during the cycle life. As the reactor aged, the activity decline was counterbalanced by the increase in feed temperature so as to keep the sulfur conversion constant. The effects of various system parameters on the reactor cycle life obtained from these calculations are briefly described below. 

Scheme 1.6 Bicarbonate and carbonate can act as electron donors quenching positive h and resulting in the formation of CO2 and O2. This process is opposed to CO2 reduction...

An analytical model of the process has been developed to expedite process improvements and to aid in scaling the reactor to larger capacities. The theoretical results compare favorably with the experimental data, thereby lending vahdity to the appHcation of the model to predicting directions for process improvement. The model can predict temperature and compositional changes within the reactor as functions of time, power, coal feed, gas flows, and reaction kinetics. It therefore can be used to project optimum residence time, reactor si2e, power level, gas and soHd flow rates, and the nature, composition, and position of the reactor quench stream. 

As the polymer molecular weight increases, so does the melt viscosity, and the power to the stirrer drive is monitored so that an end point can be determined for each batch. When the desired melt viscosity is reached, the molten polymer is discharged through a bottom valve, often under positive pressure of the blanketing gas, and extmded as a ribbon or as thick strands which are water-quenched and chopped continuously by a set of mechanical knives. Large amounts of PET are also made by continuous polymerization processes. PBT is made both by batch and continuous polymerization processes (79—81). 

Eor antioxidant activity, the reaction of aminyl radicals with peroxy radicals is very beneficial. The nitroxyl radicals formed in this reaction are extremely effective oxidation inhibitors. Nitroxides function by trapping chain-propagating alkyl radicals to give hydroxylamine ethers. These ethers, in turn, quench chain propagating peroxy radicals and in the process regenerate the original nitroxides. The cycHc nature of this process accounts for the superlative antioxidant activity of nitroxides (see Antioxidants). Thus, antioxidant activity improves with an increase in stabiUty of the aminyl and nitroxyl radicals. Consequendy, commercial DPA antioxidants are alkylated in the ortho and para positions to prevent undesirable coupling reactions. 

Acylthiophenes. Manufacturing methods introducing the carboxaldehyde group into the 2- or 5-positions of thiophene and alkylthiophenes utilise the Vilsmeier-Haack reaction. To synthesize 2-thiophenecarboxaldehyde (Table 5), a controlled addition of phosphoms oxychloride to thiophene in /V, /V- dim ethyl form am i de is carried out, causing the temperature to rise. Completion of the reaction is followed by an aqueous quench, neutralization, and solvent extraction to isolate the product. 

Bu3Sn)20 BzCl. The use of microwaves accelerates this reaction. Bu2Sn(OMe)2 is reported to work better than Bu2SnO in the monoprotection of diols. The monoprotection of diols at the more hindered position can be accomplished through the stannylene if the reaction is quenched with PhMe2SiCl (45-77% yield).Microwave heating has been found to be effective for this transformation in some cases. ... 

Absorption and emission spectra of six 2-substituted imidazo[4,5-/]quinolines (R = H, Me, CH2Ph, Ph, 2-Py, R = H CH2Ph, R = Ph) were studied in various solvents. These studies revealed a solvent-independent, substituent-dependent character of the title compounds. They also exhibited bathochromic shifts in acidic and basic solutions. The phenyl group in the 2-position is in complete conjugation with the imidazoquinoline moiety. The fluorescence spectra of the compounds exhibited a solvent dependency, and, on changing to polar solvents, bathochromic shifts occur. Anomalous bathochromic shifts in water, acidic solution, and a new emission band in methanol are attributed to the protonated imidazoquinoline in the excited state. Basic solutions quench fluorescence (87IJC187). 

In order to address the possible influence of positional disorder, we have chosen to analyze the way basic operations such as translations and rotations affect the properties calculated for highly symmetric configurations. This approach could provide guidelines to prevent the loss of significant optical coupling between the ground state and the lowest excited state, and hence the quenching of luminescence in the solid state. 

The absorption and luminescence spectra of imidazo[ 1,2,4]triazines and related compounds were recorded. The phenyl groups on both the 6-and the 7-positions quenched the luminescence. An acceptor substituent such as CHO in position-7 sharply reduced the luminescence quantum yield (82MI4). A detailed study of the infrared spectra of imidazotriazines was carried out (75T433). 

The bromination behavior of isomeric thienothiophenes (53-55) has been studied in detail. Both the [2,3-b] (53) and the [3,2-h](54) isomers reacted with one equivalent of NBS in acetic acid to give an a-monobrominated product, with some evidence of 2,5-dibromo species also being formed. With 2 mol of NBS these latter products were formed in good yield three molar equivalents led to 2,3,5-tribromothieno-[2,3-h]-and -[3,2-6]-thiophenes (Scheme 28). The monobromo compounds can also be prepared from lithium derivatives quenched with bromine [76AHC( 19) 123]. Apparently the [2,3-c]isomer (55) also reacted initially in the 2-position. 

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