Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Japan Technological Research Association of Artificial Photosynthetic Chemical Process

Susumu Tsutsuminai

Masamichi Onuki

Naoko Fujita

Koetsu Endou

Naoyuki Sakamoto

Misa Hara

Masahiro Kujime

Nobuo Toratani

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a bonded body which has a high airtightness and exhibits excellent durability under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions. This problem is solved by a bonded body in which a complex of a zeolite and an inorganic porous support, and a dense member are bonded together by an inorganic glass or an inorganic adhesive. The inorganic glass or the inorganic adhesive has a thermal expansion coefficient of 30×10/K to 90×10/K, and the inorganic glass has a softening point of 550° C. or lower. The present invention also addresses the problem of providing a method of efficiently producing an alcohol by installing a separation membrane in an alcohol synthesis reactor based on a bonding method that gives good sealing performance and durability under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions and in the presence of methanol vapor. This problem can be solved by an alcohol production method of obtaining an alcohol by allowing a raw material gas, which contains at least hydrogen and carbon monoxide and/or carbon dioxide, to react in the presence of a catalyst in a reactor. In the reactor for carrying out the reaction, an alcohol-selective permeable membrane bonded with a dense member is installed, and an alcohol generated by the reaction permeates and is recovered through the selective permeable membrane.

Bonded body, separation membrane module equipped with same, and method for producing alcohol

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Tokyo, Japan

Susumu Tsutsuminai