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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2005
Applicants:

Bernd Rinne, Frankfurt, DE;

Stefan Hess, Gross-Gerau, DE;

Johann Stamm, Frankfurt, DE;

Berthold Nuber, Frankfurt, DE;

Inventors:

Bernd Rinne, Frankfurt, DE;

Stefan Hess, Gross-Gerau, DE;

Johann Stamm, Frankfurt, DE;

Berthold Nuber, Frankfurt, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 67/05 (2006.01); G01N 35/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of saturating ethylene-containing gases with acetic acid before they are fed into a vinyl acetate reactor, in which the acetic acid recovered in the vinyl acetate process is introduced into a column having a countercurrent stripping section and a rectification section and ethylene-containing gas is supplied via the bottom, wherein the liquid taken off at the bottom of the column is divided into two substreams and one substream is pumped back into the column with maintenance of a minimum pumped circulation required for sufficient saturation with acetic acid.


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