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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2011
R. Jay Warner, Houston, TX (US);
Heiko Weiner, Pasadena, TX (US);
Zhenhua Zhou, Houston, TX (US);
Emily Duff, League City, TX (US);
Radmila Jevtic, Pasadena, TX (US);
Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);
David Lee, Seabrook, TX (US);
Adam Orosco, Houston, TX (US);
R. Jay Warner, Houston, TX (US);
Heiko Weiner, Pasadena, TX (US);
Zhenhua Zhou, Houston, TX (US);
Emily Duff, League City, TX (US);
Radmila Jevtic, Pasadena, TX (US);
Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);
David Lee, Seabrook, TX (US);
Adam Orosco, Houston, TX (US);
Celanese International Corporation, Irving, TX (US);
Abstract
Recycle streams in an ethanol production process are hydrolyzed to reduce ethyl acetate concentration. In the process, acetic acid is hydrogenated to form a crude ethanol product, which undergoes a separation or purification process. Ethyl acetate is formed as a byproduct of the hydrogenation of acetic acid. The hydrolysis of recycle steams from the separation process can reduce the concentration of ethyl acetate, converting some or all of the ethyl acetate to acetic acid and ethanol.