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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2011
David Lee, Seabrook, TX (US);
Adam Orosco, Houston, TX (US);
Nathan Powell, Waxahachie, TX (US);
Manuel Salado, Seabrook, TX (US);
Lincoln Sarager, Houston, TX (US);
R. Jay Warner, Houston, TX (US);
Trinity Horton, Houston, TX (US);
Radmila Jevtic, Houston, TX (US);
Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);
David Lee, Seabrook, TX (US);
Adam Orosco, Houston, TX (US);
Nathan Powell, Waxahachie, TX (US);
Manuel Salado, Seabrook, TX (US);
Lincoln Sarager, Houston, TX (US);
R. Jay Warner, Houston, TX (US);
Trinity Horton, Houston, TX (US);
Radmila Jevtic, Houston, TX (US);
Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);
Celanese International Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A process for removing water from an alcohol mixture, such as an ethanol mixture in the production of ethanol by hydrogenating acetic acid. The water is removed from a distillate of a first column using an adsorption unit, membrane, extractive column distillation, or a combination thereof.