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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2008
Applicants:
Maureen L. Bricker, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Laura E. Leonard, Oak Park, IL (US);
Inventors:
Maureen L. Bricker, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Laura E. Leonard, Oak Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 31/20 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for converting glycerol into propylene glycol by directing a basic glycerol containing feed and a hydrogen containing gas into a reaction zone including a fixed bed of catalyst that is operating at glycerol conversion conditions where the reactor includes and at least one quench zone and directing a quench material into the quench zone.