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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2012
Applicants:
Wei Xu, Dhahran, SA;
Farhan M. Al-shahrani, Dhahran, SA;
Abdennour Bourane, Ras Tanura, SA;
Stephan Ralf Vogel, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Wei Xu, Dhahran, SA;
Farhan M. Al-Shahrani, Dhahran, SA;
Abdennour Bourane, Ras Tanura, SA;
Stephan Ralf Vogel, Dhahran, SA;
Assignee:
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 29/04 (2006.01); C10L 1/182 (2006.01); C07C 31/10 (2006.01); C10L 1/14 (2006.01); C10L 10/10 (2006.01); C10G 50/00 (2006.01); C10L 1/16 (2006.01); C10L 1/18 (2006.01); C10L 1/185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 29/04 (2013.01); C07C 31/10 (2013.01); C10G 50/00 (2013.01); C10L 1/143 (2013.01); C10L 1/1824 (2013.01); C10L 10/10 (2013.01); C10L 1/1641 (2013.01); C10L 1/1691 (2013.01); C10L 1/1817 (2013.01); C10L 1/1852 (2013.01);
Abstract
Mixed butenes from a cracking process, or raffmates of MTBE or tert-butyl alcohol (TBA), are simultaneously hydrated using water in the presence of a catalyst to produce sec-butyl alcohol (SBA) and tert-butyl alcohol as the principal products, the mixed butanols having utility as fuel additives, e.g., as oxygenates and octane enhancers to replace MTBE, and as a neat fuel.