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US 2010/0137654 A1Published application
Method for Converting Glycerol to Propanol
AssigneeEudyna Debices Inc.
InventorsMaureen Bricker, Laura E. Leonard
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for converting glycerol into propylene glycol by directing a basic glycerol containing feed and a hydrogen containing gas into a reaction zone including a fixed bed of catalyst that is operating at glycerol conversion conditions where the reactor includes and at least one quench zone and directing a quench material into the quench zone.
Claims19
An apparatus for converting glycerol into propylene glycol comprising:
- a feed stream comprising the combination of a hydrogen containing gas and a glycerol feed including at least 30 wt % glycerol;
- a reactor including at least two catalyst beds wherein at least one quench mixing zone is positioned between two adjacent catalyst beds;
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- a conduit for directing a quench material into the quench mixing zone.
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A method for converting glycerol into propylene glycol comprising the steps of:
- directing a basic glycerol containing feed stream and a hydrogen containing gas to a reaction zone including at least two catalyst beds separated by a quench mixing zone wherein the reactor operates at glycerol conversion conditions sufficient to form a reaction zone product including propylene glycol;
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- directing a quench material into the quench mixing zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.