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Patent No.:

US 10407373 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019

Filed:

May. 15, 2014

Process for the separation of formic acid from methyltetrahydrofuran

Applicant:

Georgia-pacific Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Gerardus Wilhelmus Adrianus Hangx, Echt, NL;

Gerardus Johannes Paulus Krooshof, Echt, NL;

Arie De Rijke, Echt, NL;

Assignee:

GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorneys:

Edmonds & Cmaidalka, P.C.

Jared E. Cmaidalka

Ram W. Sabnis

Primary Examiner:

Jonathan Miller

Assistant Examiner:

Jonathan Luke Pilcher

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 3/36 (2006.01); C07C 53/02 (2006.01); C07C 51/42 (2006.01); C07C 51/44 (2006.01); C07C 51/46 (2006.01); C07C 51/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/46 (2013.01); B01D 3/36 (2013.01); C07C 51/42 (2013.01); C07C 51/44 (2013.01); C07C 51/48 (2013.01); C07C 53/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a process to separate formic acid from methyltetrahydrofuran (MTHF) said process comprising subjecting a composition comprising formic acid and MTHF to distillation, characterized in that the process comprises adding water to said distillation. This allows for cost-efficient recovery and recycling of MTHF, for example in process to produce and recover formic acid from a biomass hydrolysate.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hangx, Gerardus Wilhelmus Adrianus. (2019). Process for the separation of formic acid from methyltetrahydrofuran (U.S. Patent No. 10407373). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10407373

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