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Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013

Filed:

Jan. 06, 2011
Applicants:

Nathan Kirk Powell, Waxahachie, TX (US);

Samuel Roundy, League City, TX (US);

Lincoln Sarager, Houston, TX (US);

Murray Viard, Houston, TX (US);

R. Jay Warner, Houston, TX (US);

Gerald Gruesendorf, Rosharon, TX (US);

Radmila Jevtic, Pasadena, TX (US);

Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);

Fred Ronald Olsson, Corpus Christi, TX (US);

Inventors:

Nathan Kirk Powell, Waxahachie, TX (US);

Samuel Roundy, League City, TX (US);

Lincoln Sarager, Houston, TX (US);

Murray Viard, Houston, TX (US);

R. Jay Warner, Houston, TX (US);

Gerald Gruesendorf, Rosharon, TX (US);

Radmila Jevtic, Pasadena, TX (US);

Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);

Fred Ronald Olsson, Corpus Christi, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 29/149 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Ethanol production from the hydrogenation of acetic acid requires energy to drive the hydrogenation reaction and the purification of the crude ethanol product. Heat integration process to recover heat from one part of the production process to be used within the process improves efficiencies and reduces costs.


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