Stacked bed reactor with diluents for producing ethanol
AssigneeCelanese International Corporation
InventorsHeiko Weiner, Zhenhua Zhou, Radmila Jevtic, Victor J. Johnston
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Abstract
The present invention relates to processes for producing ethanol using a stacked bed reactor comprising a first bed comprising a first hydrogenation catalyst and a second bed comprising a second hydrogenation catalyst and one or more diluents. The diluents may be selected from the group consisting of silica, silica-alumina and mixtures thereof.
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A process for producing ethanol comprising hydrogenating acetic acid in a stacked bed reactor, wherein the reactor comprises a first bed comprising a first hydrogenation catalyst and a second bed comprising a second hydrogenation catalyst and at least one diluent.
A process for producing ethanol comprising hydrogenating acetic acid in a stacked bed reactor, wherein the stacked bed reactor comprises a first bed comprising a first hydrogenation catalyst and a second bed comprising a second hydrogenation catalyst and at least one diluent selected from the group consisting of silica, silica-alumina and mixtures thereof.
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