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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2010
G. Paull Torrence, League City, TX (US);
Brian W. Hokkanen, Houston, TX (US);
Michael O. Nutt, Pearland, TX (US);
Tianshu Pan, Houston, TN (US);
Ronald David Shaver, Houston, TX (US);
G. Paull Torrence, League City, TX (US);
Brian W. Hokkanen, Houston, TX (US);
Michael O. Nutt, Pearland, TX (US);
Tianshu Pan, Houston, TN (US);
Ronald David Shaver, Houston, TX (US);
Celanese International Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A process for producing acetic acid comprising the steps of reacting carbon monoxide and at least one of methanol and a methanol derivative in a first reactor under conditions effective to produce a crude acetic acid product; separating the crude acetic acid product into at least one derivative stream, at least one of the at least one derivative stream comprising residual carbon monoxide; and reacting at least a portion of the residual carbon monoxide with at least one of methanol and a methanol derivative over a metal catalyst in a second reactor to produce additional acetic acid.