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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Hendrik Stichter, Amsterdam, NL;
Jacqueline Hessing, Castricum, NL;
Inventors:
Abraham Adriaan Smaardijk, Amsterdam, NL;
Hendrik Stichter, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a process for the production of ethylene glycol from ethylene. An ethylene glycol stream comprises inorganic chloride contaminants and the process comprises steps of converting the inorganic chloride contaminants to 2-chloroethanol by reaction with ethylene oxide in one or more dehydration columns, and removing 2-chloroethanol in a waste water stream.