Process for the conversion of synthesis gas to oxygenates
AssigneeBP Chemicals Limited
InventorsMartin Philip Atkins, Leslie William Bolton, Benjamin Patrick Gracey, John Glenn Sunley
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Abstract
Process for the conversion of carbon oxide(s) and hydrogen containing feedstocks to oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compounds in the presence of a particulate catalyst, by reacting carbon oxide(s) and hydrogen in the presence of a particulate catalyst in a conversion reactor to form oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compounds. A saturated monocarboxylic acid having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms and/or an ester of a saturated monocarboxylic acid having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms with a monohydric aliphatic paraffinic alcohol having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms is added to the conversion reactor.
Claims5
Process for the conversion of carbon oxide(s) and hydrogen containing feedstocks to alcohols in the presence of a particulate catalyst comprising at least molybdenum, copper or mixtures thereof, comprising the steps of:
- reacting carbon oxide(s) and hydrogen in the presence of said particulate catalyst in a conversion reactor to form alcohols;
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- adding a saturated monocarboxylic acid having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms and/or an ester of a saturated monocarboxylic acid having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms with a monohydric aliphatic paraffinic alcohol having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms to the conversion reactor.
Process for the conversion of hydrocarbon to alcohols comprising the steps of:
- a. converting hydrocarbon to a mixture of carbon oxide(s) and hydrogen in a syngas reactor,
- b. passing the mixture of carbon oxide(s) and hydrogen from the syngas reactor to a conversion reactor,
- c. reacting said mixture in said conversion reactor in the presence of a particulate catalyst which comprises at least molybdenum, copper or mixtures thereof to form alcohols, and
- adding a saturated monocarboxylic acid having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms and/or an ester of a saturated monocarboxylic acid having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms with a monohydric aliphatic paraffinic alcohol having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms to the conversion reactor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.