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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2011
Adam Orosco, Houston, TX (US);
Manuel Salado, Seabrook, TX (US);
Lincoln Sarager, Houston, TX (US);
R. Jay Warner, Houston, TX (US);
Trinity Horton, Houston, TX (US);
Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);
David Lee, Seabrook, TX (US);
Adam Orosco, Houston, TX (US);
Manuel Salado, Seabrook, TX (US);
Lincoln Sarager, Houston, TX (US);
R. Jay Warner, Houston, TX (US);
Trinity Horton, Houston, TX (US);
Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);
David Lee, Seabrook, TX (US);
Celanese International Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Recovery of an alcohol such as ethanol from a crude alcohol product, preferably obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid using a low energy process. The crude ethanol product is separated in a column to produce a distillate stream comprising ethyl acetate and a residue stream comprising ethanol, acetic acid, and water. The ethanol product is recovered in a second column as an ethanol side stream.