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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2013
Celanese International Corporation, Irving, TX (US);
Nathan Kirk Powell, Waxahachie, TX (US);
Samuel Roundy, League City, TX (US);
Lincoln Sarager, Houston, TX (US);
Murray Viard, Houston, TX (US);
R. Jay Warner, Houston, TX (US);
Gerald Grusendorf, Rosharon, TX (US);
Radmila Wollrab, Pasadena, TX (US);
Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);
Fred Ronald Olsson, Corpus Christi, TX (US);
Celanese International Corporation, Irving, TX (US);
Abstract
Ethanol production from the hydrogenation of acetic acid requires energy to drive the hydrogenation reaction and the purification of the crude ethanol product. Heat integration process to recover heat from one part of the production process to be used within the process improves efficiencies and reduces costs.