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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2010
Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);
Lincoln Sarager, Houston, TX (US);
R. Jay Warner, Houston, TX (US);
Heiko Weiner, Pasadena, TX (US);
Trinity Horton, Houston, TX (US);
Radmila Jevtic, Houston, TX (US);
Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);
Lincoln Sarager, Houston, TX (US);
R. Jay Warner, Houston, TX (US);
Heiko Weiner, Pasadena, TX (US);
Trinity Horton, Houston, TX (US);
Radmila Jevtic, Houston, TX (US);
Celanese International Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the invention is to a process for producing a denatured ethanol composition comprising the steps of hydrogenating an acetic acid feed in the presence of a catalyst to form a crude ethanol product comprising ethanol, and at least one denaturant and separating the crude ethanol product in one or more separation units into a denatured ethanol composition and one or more derivative streams. The denatured ethanol composition comprises from 0.01 wt. % to 40 wt % denaturant, based on the total weight of the denatured ethanol composition.