Process for preparing tertiary alkyl ethers and apparatus for reactive distillation
US5493059A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 27, 1993 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/10
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for the preparation of tertiary alkyl ethers, in particular methyl-tert.-butyl-ether (MTBE), from iso-olefins and aliphatic alcohols by means of a fractionation tower is disclosed, in which the main characteristic of the fractionation tower consists in that the reaction mixture is caused to flow through the catalytic trays in transversal direction relatively to the axis of the same fractionation tower.
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