System for alcohol production
AssigneeExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
InventorsDennis Jay Davoren, Seth McConkie Washburn, James Oliver Meredith, Krishnan Sankaranarayanan, Bryan Amrutlal Patel, Milind Bholanath Ajinkya
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Abstract
The invention concerns a system and process for alcohol production.
Claims15
A system for acid catalyzed hydration of at least one olefin to at least one alcohol, said system comprising a rich stage absorber distillation column in combination with plural reactor loops fluidly connected with said rich stage absorber and wherein said olefin is contacted in a mixed phase with said acid to produce an extract, the improvement comprising the use of plural inverted conical baffles in said rich stage absorber distillation column.
A process for acid catalyzed hydration of at least one olefin to at least one alcohol in a system comprising a rich stage absorber in combination with plural reactor loops fluidly connected with said rich stage absorber and wherein said olefin is contacted in a mixed phase with said acid to produce an extract, wherein fresh olefin is provided to said system by apportionment between said plural reactor loops, the improvement comprising optimizing fresh olefin feed to all but one of said plural reactor loops with respect to olefin conversion of said system, wherein the determination of optimization of olefin conversion is by a predetermined method, and then providing the remainder of said fresh olefin feed to the remaining reactor loop.
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