Albemarle Corporation

Scientific Design Company, Inc.

Range Fuels, Inc.

Jason P Durand

Karl C Kharas

Andrzej Rokicki

Wojciech L Suchanek

William A May

Saurabh Katiyar

Rudy Anthony Morin

Saurabh H Parikh

Wojciech Suchanek

A method for the oxidation of ethylene to form ethylene oxide which comprises treating an aqueous stream in a cycle water treatment unit containing an anion exchange resin to reduce the content of the impurities.

Cycle water treatment process for ethlyene epoxidation

A method for producing ethylene oxide comprising: providing one or more feed components, wherein the one or more feed components contains at least ethylene obtained by dehydrating ethanol; contacting the one or more feed components with a desulfurization catalyst comprising a high surface area support and an amount of silver, wherein at least 20% of the silver is present as oxidized silver; and contacting the one or more feed components with a silver-containing epoxidation catalyst disposed inside an ethylene oxide reactor to form a reaction gas comprising ethylene oxide.

Epoxidation process

The present invention provides methods and compositions for the chemical conversion of syngas to alcohols. The invention includes catalyst compositions, methods of making the catalyst compositions, and methods of using the catalyst compositions. Certain embodiments teach compositions for catalyzing the conversion of syngas into products comprising at least one C-Calcohol, such as ethanol. These compositions generally include cobalt, molybdenum, and sulfur. Preferred catalyst compositions for converting syngas into alcohols include cobalt associated with sulfide in certain preferred stoichiometries as described and taught herein.

Cobalt-molybdenum sulfide catalyst materials and methods for ethanol production from syngas

This invention improves prior methods of making cobalt-molybdenum-sulfide catalysts for alcohol production from syngas. In one aspect, improved methods are provided for making preferred cobalt-molybdenum-sulfide compositions. In another aspect, processes utilizing these catalysts for producing at least one C-Calcohol, such as ethanol, from syngas are described.

Methods of making improved cobalt-molybdenum-sulfide catalyst compositions for higher alcohol synthesis

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