Patent · US Active

Process

US7355083B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

16Claims

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Assignee

Davy Process Technology Limited · GB

Inventors

Michael William Marshall Tuck · London, GB
Simon Nicholas Tilley · London, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 30, 2007
Grant date	Apr 8, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 30, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07C29/60
WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for hydrogenation of glycerol in which a feed comprising glycerol is contacted with a stream of a hydrogen-containing gas and subjected to hydrogenation in the vapour phase in the presence of a catalyst at a temperature of from about 160° C. to about 260° C., a pressure of from about 10 to about 30 bar, a hydrogen to glycerol ratio of from 400:1 to about 600:1 and a residence time of from about 0.01 to about 2.5 secs.

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