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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2012
Radmila Jevtic, Houston, TX (US);
Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);
Lincoln Sarager, Houston, TX (US);
R. Jay Warner, Houston, TX (US);
Heiko Weiner, Pasadena, TX (US);
Trinity Horton Hale, Houston, TX (US);
Radmila Jevtic, Houston, TX (US);
Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);
Lincoln Sarager, Houston, TX (US);
R. Jay Warner, Houston, TX (US);
Heiko Weiner, Pasadena, TX (US);
Trinity Horton Hale, Houston, TX (US);
Celanese International Corporation, Irving, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the invention is to a process for forming an ethanol mixture by hydrogenating an acetaldehyde feed stream in the presence of a catalyst. The acetaldehyde feed stream comprises acetaldehyde and at least one of acetic acid and ethanol. Preferably the acetaldehyde feed stream is a by-product stream from a vinyl acetate synthesis process.