The invention relates to a method and apparatus for safely producing
hydrogen peroxide by injecting dispersed minute bubbles of hydrogen and
oxygen into a rapidly flowing liquid medium. The liquid medium can
contain either a water-soluble organic compound, a water-insoluble
organic compound, a combination of a water-insoluble organic compound
with water, liquid carbon dioxide or supercritical carbon dioxide. The
minute bubbles are surrounded by the liquid medium of sufficient volume
for quench cooling any explosive reaction between the hydrogen and
oxygen. The present invention also relates to reactors with internal
catalyst structures and reactors that have a circular path, both of which
may be used to produced hydrogen peroxide.