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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Technip E&c Limited, Milton Keynes, GB;
Inventors:
Stephen Roy Partington, East Yorkshire, GB;
Nigel Stewart Brown, East Yorkshire, GB;
Michael Keith Lee, East Yorkshire, GB;
Mark Julian Howard, East Yorkshire, GB;
Assignee:
Technip E&C Limited, Milton Keynes, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 1/24 (2006.01); B01J 23/30 (2006.01); B01J 35/10 (2006.01); B01J 37/02 (2006.01); B01J 27/188 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 1/24 (2013.01); B01J 23/30 (2013.01); B01J 35/1019 (2013.01); B01J 35/1042 (2013.01); B01J 35/1061 (2013.01); B01J 37/0201 (2013.01); B01J 27/188 (2013.01); B01J 2523/00 (2013.01); C07C 2523/30 (2013.01); Y02P 20/52 (2015.11);
Abstract
The present invention provides a process for the preparation of ethene by vapor phase chemical dehydration of a feed comprising ethanol, said process comprising contacting the feed with a supported heteropolyacid catalyst in a reactor, wherein the feed temperature is at least 250° C. and the pressure inside the reactor is at least 0.80 MPa but less than 1.80 MPa.