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US 6,642,279 B2Granted
Carbon dioxide recovery in an ethylene to ethylene oxide production process
AssigneeExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
InventorRonald G. Searle
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for recovering carbon dioxide from an ethylene oxide production process and using the recovered carbon dioxide as a carbon source for methanol synthesis. More specifically, carbon dioxide recovered from an ethylene oxide production process is used to produce a syngas stream. The syngas stream is then used to produce methanol.
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A method of making methanol, comprising:
- providing a carbon dioxide stream from an ethylene oxide production process;
- providing a syngas stream;
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- producing methanol from the syngas stream and the carbon dioxide stream.
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