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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2004
Eddy Theophyle Andrea Van Driessche, Eeklo, BE;
Philippe Louis Buess, Overijse, BE;
Raphael Frans Caers, Edegem, BE;
Arie Van Vliet, Sterrebeek, BE;
Ramzi Yanni Saleh, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Jose Manuel Vargas, Prairieville, LA (US);
Kenneth Lloyd Riley, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Magdiel Agosto, Greenwell Springs, LA (US);
Eddy Theophyle Andrea Van Driessche, Eeklo, BE;
Philippe Louis Buess, Overijse, BE;
Raphael Frans Caers, Edegem, BE;
Arie Van Vliet, Sterrebeek, BE;
Ramzi Yanni Saleh, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Jose Manuel Vargas, Prairieville, LA (US);
Kenneth Lloyd Riley, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Magdiel Agosto, Greenwell Springs, LA (US);
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The use of a controlled amount of water in a hydrogenation stage of the oxo process for the production of alcohols which uses at least two reactors in series improves the efficiency of the hydrogenation reaction and catalyst life as does a reduction in the amount of sulphur, chlorine and hydroformylation catalyst residues in the feed to hydrogenation.