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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2014
Technip E&c Limited, Milton Keynes, GB;
Leslie William Bolton, Middlesex, GB;
Nigel Stewart Brown, East Yorkshire, GB;
Lewis Adam Heptonstall, East Yorkshire, GB;
Andrew John Hogben, East Yorkshire, GB;
Susan Elizabeth Little, Middlesex, GB;
Stephen James Smith, East Yorkshire, GB;
Technip E&C Limited, Milton Keynes, GB;
Abstract
A process for the acid-catalyzed dehydration of ethanol, the process comprising the steps of distilling an ethanol feedstock () comprising at least one nitrogen-containing contaminant to form an overhead stream () and a bottom stream comprising ethanol (), wherein the distillation has a reflux ratio of at least 20:1; and reacting the bottom stream in the presence of an acid catalyst to form a product stream comprising ethylene.