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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Michael William Marshall Tuck, London, GB;
Simon Nicholas Tilley, London, GB;
Inventors:
Michael William Marshall Tuck, London, GB;
Simon Nicholas Tilley, London, GB;
Assignee:
Davy Process Technology Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 29/60 (2006.01); C07C 29/132 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for hydrogenation of glycerol in which a feed comprising glycerol is contacted with a stream of a hydrogen-containing gas and subjected to hydrogenation in the vapour phase in the presence of a catalyst at a temperature of from about 160° C. to about 260° C., a pressure of from about 10 to about 30 bar, a hydrogen to glycerol ratio of from 400:1 to about 600:1 and a residence time of from about 0.01 to about 2.5 secs.