Recycle of alcohol in a combined hydroisomerization and etherification process
US5723686A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 3, 1995 |
| Grant date | Mar 3, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 3, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C41/06
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A combination process wherein a hydroisomerization system provides a hydrocarbon feed for an etherification system wherein unreacted alcohol is separated from the etherification effluent and passed to the fractionation column used in the hydroisomerization system so that water entrained in the unreacted alcohol can be separated from said alcohol within said fractionation column.
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