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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2011
Applicants:
Izumi Morita, Kamakura, JP;
Masateru Ito, Kamakura, JP;
Hideki Sawai, Kamakura, JP;
Shinichi Minegishi, Urayasu, JP;
Katsushige Yamada, Kamakura, JP;
Kenji Kawamura, Kamakura, JP;
Inventors:
Izumi Morita, Kamakura, JP;
Masateru Ito, Kamakura, JP;
Hideki Sawai, Kamakura, JP;
Shinichi Minegishi, Urayasu, JP;
Katsushige Yamada, Kamakura, JP;
Kenji Kawamura, Kamakura, JP;
Assignee:
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 29/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of producing butanol, which has a step of removing impurities contained in a butanol-containing solution, is provided. In the method, a butanol-containing solution is filtered through a nanofiltration membrane. Then the butanol-containing solution is collected from the permeate flow of the nanofiltration membrane.