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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ramakrishnan Ramachandran, Allendale, NJ (US);
Loc H Dao, Bound Brook, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The BOC Group, Inc., New Providence, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568896 ; 568895 ; 568897 ; 568898 ; 568899 ; 568900 ; 568901 ; 585829 ;
Abstract
An ethene stream which contains ethane as an impurity or a propene stream which contains propane as an impurity is hydrated with water vapor in the presence of a hydration catalyst to produce ethanol or isopropanol, respectively. After removal of the alcohol the gaseous product stream is subjected to adsorption, thereby producing an ethene-enriched stream or a propene-enriched stream. The ethene-enriched stream or the propene-enriched stream is recycled to the hydration reactor.