Patent · US Active

Process for removing water from alcohol mixtures

US8754268B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
239References
17Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateApr 26, 2011
Grant dateJun 17, 2014
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 4, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C51/12
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for removing water from an alcohol mixture, such as an ethanol mixture in the production of ethanol by hydrogenating acetic acid. The water is removed from a distillate of a first column using an adsorption unit, membrane, extractive column distillation, or a combination thereof.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.