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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Speros P Nemphos, Pasadena, TX (US);
Willibrord A Groten, Pasadena, TX (US);
John R Adams, Pasadena, TX (US);
Assignee:
Catalytic Distillation Technologies, Pasadena, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
518700 ; 518713 ;
Abstract
A process for the production of methanol is disclosed wherein the gaseous reactants of CO, H.sub.2 and optimally CO.sub.2 are reacted in a distillation column reactor in the presence of an inert C.sub.7 -C.sub.12 component, which is boiling at the reaction temperature within the catalyst bed. The inert component is taken overhead along with the methanol and separated therefrom for reflux of the inert component back to the reactor.