Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ethanol and ethyl acetate production using an acetic acid and acetic anhydride mixed feed
- Patent Title (中): 乙酸乙酯生产使用乙酸和乙酸酐混合饲料
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Application No.: US13834120Application Date: 2013-03-15
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Publication No.: US08975450B2Publication Date: 2015-03-10
- Inventor: Mark O. Scates
- Applicant: Celanese International Corporation
- Applicant Address: US TX Irving
- Assignee: Celanese International Corporation
- Current Assignee: Celanese International Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Irving
- Main IPC: C07C29/14
- IPC: C07C29/14 ; C07C29/149

Abstract:
Ethanol production processes using a mixed feed comprising from 20 to 95 wt. % acetic acid, from 5 to 80 wt. % acetic anhydride, and from 0 to 20 wt. % esters selected from the group consisting of methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, or mixtures thereof are disclosed herein. The process comprises contacting the mixed feed with hydrogen in the vapor phase in a reactor in the presence of a catalyst comprising tin, cobalt, platinum, and combinations thereof to form a crude ethanol product having an ethanol to water molar ratio of greater than 1 and separating the crude ethanol product in one or more distillation columns to yield an ethyl acetate stream and an ethanol stream. The process may be integrated with an acetic anhydride production process to obtain further economic savings.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140275641A1 ETHANOL AND ETHYL ACETATE PRODUCTION USING AN ACETIC ACID AND ACETIC ANHYDRIDE MIXED FEED Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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