Continuous preparation of ethanol
US4517391A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 20, 1983 |
| Grant date | May 14, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C29/149
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Ethanol is prepared by hydrogenating acetic acid under superatmospheric pressure and at elevated temperatures by a process wherein a predominantly cobalt-containing catalyst is used and acetic acid and hydrogen are passed through the reactor, at from 210.degree. to 330.degree. C. and under from 10 to 350 bar, under conditions such that a liquid phase in not formed during this procedure.
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