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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2014
Applicant:

Celanese International Corporation, Irving, TX (US);

Inventors:

David Lee, Seabrook, TX (US);

Fred Ronald Olsson, Corpus Christi, TX (US);

Adam Orosco, Houston, TX (US);

Nathan Kirk Powell, Waxahachie, TX (US);

Manuel Salado, Seabrook, TX (US);

Lincoln Sarager, Houston, TX (US);

R. Jay Warner, Houston, TX (US);

Radmila Wollrab, Pasadena, TX (US);

Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 29/149 (2006.01); C07C 29/80 (2006.01); C07C 51/12 (2006.01); B01D 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 29/80 (2013.01); B01D 3/00 (2013.01); C07C 29/149 (2013.01); C07C 51/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product 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 acetaldehyde and a residue stream comprising ethanol, acetic acid, ethyl acetate and water. The ethanol product is recovered from the residue stream.


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