Enhanced recovery of alcohol from an ether containing stream
US5600024A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 26, 1995 |
| Grant date | Feb 4, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C41/09
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for producing ethyl tertiary butyl ether and for the substantially complete recovery by fractional distillation of the unreacted ethanol contained in an etherification reaction zone product stream as a product along with the ethyl tertiary butyl ether reaction product. This process utilizes methanol as a fractionator feed additive to enhance the recovery of ethanol as a bottoms product.
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