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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2009
Applicants:
Evert Jan Ditzel, Goole, GB;
Sander Gaemers, Skirlaugh, GB;
John Glenn Sunley, Cottingham, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BP P.L.C., London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 29/152 (2006.01); C07C 29/157 (2006.01); C07C 27/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for producing methanol and ethanol, wherein the methanol is produced from synthesis gas and the ethanol is produced via the hydrogenation of an ethanoic acid feed; characterized in that the hydrogenation of the ethanoic acid feed is carried out within the same alcohol synthesis unit and in the presence of the same catalyst(s) that is used to produce the methanol from the synthesis gas and wherein the feed introduced to the alcohol synthesis unit comprises synthesis gas and ethanoic acid.