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US 2013/0199084 A1Published application
Ethanol Compositions
AssigneeCelanese International Corporation
InventorsTrinity Horton Hale, Radmila Wollrab, Victor J. Johnston, Lincoln Sarager, R. Jay Warner, Heiko Weiner
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Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention is to an ethanol composition comprising at least 92 wt. % ethanol and from 95 wppm to 1,000 wppm isopropanol.
Claims21
1-25. (canceled)
An ethanol composition comprising:
- at least 92 wt. % ethanol;
- less than 1000 wppm isopropanol;
- acetaldehyde;
- and
- less than 10 wppm methanol;
- wherein the amount of acetaldehyde is less than the amount of isopropanol.
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An ethanol composition comprising:
- at least 92 wt. % ethanol;
- less than 1000 wppm isopropanol;
- and
- n-propanol,
- wherein the weight ratio of isopropanol to n-propanol is at least 0.5:1.
2 more elements
An ethanol composition comprising:
- at least 92 wt. % ethanol;
- isopropanol present in an amount of at least 95 wppm;
- water present in an amount less than 8 wt. %, wherein the weight ratio of isopropanol to water in the ethanol composition ranges from 1:80 to 1:1000;
- and
- n-propanol, wherein the weight ratio of isopropanol to n-propanol is at least 0.5:1.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.