Recovery of butanol isomers from a mixture of butanol isomers, water, and an organic extractant
US8968522B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 13, 2010 |
| Grant date | Mar 3, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/141
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for recovering butanol from a mixture of a water-immiscible organic extractant, water, butanol, and optionally a noncondensable gas, is provided. The butanol is selected from 1-butanol, isobutanol, and mixtures thereof An overhead stream from a first distillation column is decanted into two liquid phases. The wet butanol phase is returned to the first distillation column as reflux. A bottom stream from the first distillation column is refined in a second distillation column to obtain a second overhead stream and a second bottoms stream. The extractant may be C7 to C22 fatty alcohols, C7 to C22 fatty acids, esters of C7 to C22 fatty acids, C7 to C22 fatty aldehydes, and mixtures thereof.
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