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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2010
Charles Morris Yarbrough, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Seth Mcconkie Washburn, Houston, TX (US);
Dennis Jay Davoren, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Michael Alan Better, League City, TX (US);
Charles Morris Yarbrough, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Seth McConkie Washburn, Houston, TX (US);
Dennis Jay Davoren, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Michael Alan Better, League City, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to improvements in the indirect hydration process for the production of alcohols that enable high alcohol yield by increasing ether recycle in an olefin hydration process, such as the hydration process to produce isopropyl alcohol (IPA) from propylene or the hydration process to produce sec-butyl alcohol (SBA) from butylene.