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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2016
E3tec Service, Llc, South Barrington, IL (US);
Chandrakant B. Panchal, South Barrington, IL (US);
John C. Prindle, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
E3TEC Service, LLC, South Barrington, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of producing high purity dimethyl carbonate through the reaction of carbon dioxide and methanol is provided. In the ammonia-based method ammonia and carbon dioxide react to produce urea. The urea is mixed with methanol for further reaction to produce dimethyl carbonate. Ammonia released in the process is recycled as a reactant to produce more urea. It is then reacted with methanol to produce dimethyl carbonate. An integrated reactive distillation process using side reactors is used for facilitating catalytic reaction in the method for producing high purity dimethyl carbonate. The process is further enhanced by enclosing multiple side reactors into a pressure vessel and incorporating thermal heat pump for recovery and reuse of latent heat within the process.