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US 2016/0257635 A1Published application
Hydroformylation process
AssigneeDOW TeECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LLC
InventorsThomas C. Eisenschmid, Morteza Mokhtarzadeh, Cloid R. Smith, III, Michael C. Becker, George R. Phillips, Michael A. Brammer, Glenn A. Miller, Rick B. Watson, Irvin B. Cox, Edward A. Lord, Martin Lucas Smidt
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Abstract
A multi-reaction train hydroformylation process wherein a common product-catalyst separation zone is employed.
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A hydroformylation process comprising
- contacting in a first reactor train CO, H2, and a first feed stream comprising an olefin in the presence of a hydroformylation catalyst in a reaction fluid under hydroformylation conditions sufficient to form at least one aldehyde product,
- contacting in at least one additional reactor train CO, H2, and at least one additional feed stream comprising an olefin, in the presence of a hydroformylation catalyst in a reaction fluid under hydroformylation conditions sufficient to form at least one aldehyde product, wherein the additional reactor train is operated in parallel to the first train, and
- removing an effluent stream comprising the reaction fluid from each train and passing the effluent streams from at least 2 reactor trains to a common product-catalyst separation zone,
- wherein the composition of the first feed stream is different from the composition of at least one additional feed stream.
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