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A process for the production of HFPO includes introducing a feedstock comprising HFP and molecular oxygen into a heated reaction zone of a reactor. The reaction zone is at a reaction temperature Tr, where 180° C.≦Tr230° C. The feedstock is allowed to react, by epoxidation of the HFP, to produce HFPO

A process for the production of HFPO includes introducing a feedstock comprising HFP and molecular oxygen into a heated reaction zone of a reactor. The reaction zone is at a reaction temperature Tr, where 180° C.≦Tr230° C. The feedstock is allowed to react, by epoxidation of the HFP, to produce HFPO. The HFPO is withdrawn from the reaction zone. The introduction of the feedstock into the reaction zone and the withdrawal of the product from the reaction zone is continuous.

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1. A process for the production of HFPO, which process includes: introducing a feedstock comprising HFP and molecular oxygen into a heated reaction zone of a reactor, with the reaction zone being at a reaction temperature Tr, where 180° C.≦Tr≦230° C.;allowing the feedstock to react, by epoxidation o

1. A process for the production of HFPO, which process includes: introducing a feedstock comprising HFP and molecular oxygen into a heated reaction zone of a reactor, with the reaction zone being at a reaction temperature Tr, where 180° C.≦Tr≦230° C.;allowing the feedstock to react, by epoxidation of the HFP, to produce HFPO; andwithdrawing the HFPO from the reaction zone, with the introduction of the feedstock into the reaction zone and the withdrawal of the product from the reaction zone being continuous. 2. The process of claim 1, wherein the reactor comprises a copper-based cylindrical tube of constant cross-sectional area, with the tube being helically coiled and having a surface-to-volume ratio >2000m−1 such that there is laminar flow of the feedstock and the HFPO through the reaction zone. 3. The process according to claim 1 or claim 2, which includes pretreating the reactor by heating the reaction zone of the reactor to a pretreatment temperature Tp, where 180° C.≦Tp≦230° C., and thereafter passing gaseous HFP and oxygen through the reaction zone at a first HFP:O2 molar ratio, x, for a period of time, while maintaining the pretreatment temperature Tp in the reaction zone; and thereafter adjusting the HFP:O2 molar ratio to a second value, y, where y≠x, to achieve the HFPO production. 4. The process according to claim 3, wherein the pretreatment temperature, Tp, is approximately 200° C. 5. The process according to claim 3 or claim 4, wherein the molar ratio, x, of HFP:O2 is about 1:1 and/or the molar ratio, y, of HFP:O2 is in the range of 0.25:1 to 1.81:1. 6. The process according to any one of claims 3 to 5 inclusive, wherein the period of time that the reactor is pretreated is at least 60 hours. 7. The process according to any one of claims 3 to 6 inclusive, wherein the pressure in the reactor, during the pretreatment as well as subsequently, is 3 to 6.5 bar. 8. The process according to any one of claims 3 to 7 inclusive, wherein the gaseous residence time of the feedstock in the reaction zone during the pretreatment as well as subsequently, during the HFP conversion to HFPO, is in the range of 80 to 160 seconds. 9. A process for the production of HFPO, which process includes: introducing a feedstock comprising HFP and molecular oxygen into a heated reaction zone of a reactor comprising a copper-based cylindrical tube of constant cross-sectional area, with the tube being helically coiled and having a surface-to-volume ratio>2000 m−1, with the reaction zone being at an operating temperature Tr, where 180° C.≦Tr≦230° C.;allowing the HFP and the molecular oxygen to react, by epoxidation of HFP, to produce HFPO; andwithdrawing the HFPO from the reaction zone, such that there is laminar flow of the feedstock and the HFPO through the reaction zone. 10. A process for the production of HFPO, which includes pretreating a reactor by heating a reaction zone of the reactor to a pretreatment temperature Tp, where 180° C.≦Tp≦230° C., and thereafter passing gaseous HFP and oxygen through the reaction zone at a first HFP:O2 molar ratio, x, for a period of time, while maintaining the pretreatment temperature Tp in the reaction zone; and thereafter adjusting the HFP:O2 molar ratio to a second value, y, where y≠x, with the HFP being converted by means of epoxidation to HFPO.