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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Henry Rastelli, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Carmen M Yon, Carmel, NY (US);
Stanley J Frey, Palatine, IL (US);
Assignee:
UOP, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568699 ; 568697 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for the separation of ethanol from a mixture thereof with ethyl tert.-alkyl ether employing a selective adsorbent comprising a mixture of sodium zeolite Y in combination with alumina wherein the percentage of the sodium zeolite Y ranges between 10 and 40 wt-%. The invention reduces the cost of this separation which is complicated by an azeotrope formation between the alcohol and the ether.