Chemische Werke Huls Aktiengesellschaft

Veba-Chemie Aktiengesellschaft

Rainer Brucker

August Sommer

Wilhelm Heitmann

Norbert Wozny

A distillation process for the production of dehydrated ethanol from dilute aqueous solutions of ethanol characterized in that the distillation is performed in a two-column system wherein the first column--for rectification--is operated under such a pressure that the second column--for dehydration--is heated exclusively with the vapors of the first column; in the first column the concentration of the dilute aqueous ethanol is effected to an ethanol concentration below the composition of the binary ethanol-water azeotrope; the separation of water is effected from the lower layer of the condensed head product of the second column; the separation of impurities and entrainers, having a lower boiling point than ethanol, is effected at the head of the first column and that of impurities, having a higher boiling point, above the feed point of the dilute aqueous solution in the first column; and, in the second column, the dehydration is effected by means of entrainers, with the addition of a fuel component or fuel, to which the ethanol is to be added, if required, while separating the aqueous phase as a head product.

Distillation process for the production of dehydrated ethanol

A method for producing a carrier for a catalyst comprising the steps of mixing solutions of a soluble salt of aluminum and a soluble salt of silicic acid in a ratio that gives a precipitate comprising aluminum silicate having a weight ratio of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 :SiO.sub.2 of 1:5 to 1:7, forming the precipitate into a carrier body, consolidating the carrier body by heating, and contacting the carrier body with an acid to reduce the Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 content to 1-5%. Thus produced carrier bodies are useful for catalyzing the hydration of olefins to alcohols when impregnated with phosphoric acid.

Method for producing a catalyst for the hydration of olefins

A method is disclosed of preparing alcohols having 2 to 4 carbon atoms by catalytic hydration of the corresponding olefins on acid catalysts at elevated temperature and elevated pressure, characterized in that byproducts of the hydration, namely corresponding ethers and/or low-polymerized hydrocarbons and/or undesired alcohols, which form upon the passage of the input product through catalyst bed, are fed to the input product before entry into the reactor, said method being characterized in that:

Method of preparing alcohols having two to four carbon atoms by

A method for producing a catalyst comprising phosphoric acid and a carrier, for the hydration of olefins with 2-3 carbon atoms to the corresponding alcohols, the method comprising:

Method of producing a catalyst from clay minerals for the hydration of

A process for producing a clay-containing catalyst for the hydration of olefins having 2-3 carbon atoms into alcohols, which comprises: (A) acid-treating a montmorillonite-containing clay which is contaminated by not more than 3% of quartz, feldspar or mica, and which may contain up to 0.5% of K.sub.2 O, until the clay has an Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 content of 13-18% by weight, thereby obtaining a surface area of 200-400 m.sup.2 /g; (B) molding the clay at a total water content of 20-35%; (C) calcining at 500.degree.-800.degree. C.; (D) acid-treating the molded and calcined clay to an Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 content of 1-5% by weight, thereby obtaining a surface area of 150-250 m.sup.2 /g; and (E) impregnating said material with phosphoric acid.

Process for the production of a catalyst for the hydration of olefins

A process for the hydration of olefins to prepare alcohol is disclosed, the hydration being effected in the presence of a phosphorus acid-containing catalyst. There is disclosed a process in which vaporized phosphoric acid is admixed with a gas mixture before the same is added to the reactor, the phosphoric acid being in an amount corresponding to the amount of phosphoric acid discharged during the hydration. In such amount the process can be carried out without further phosphoric acid addition.

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Castrop-Rauxel, Germany

Rainer Brucker