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| 7361794 | Zone reactor In a method of converting alkanes to their corresponding alcohols and ethers a vessel comprises a hollow, unsegregated interior defined first, second, and third zones. In a first embodiment of the invention oxygen reacts with metal bromide in the first zone to provi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7256317 | Process for the preparation of surfactant alcohols and surfactant alcohol ethers, the prepared products and their use The invention describes a process for the preparation of novel surfactant alcohols and surfactant alcohol ethers by derivatization of olefins having from about 10 to 20 carbon atoms or of mixtures of such olefins to give alkanols, and optional subsequent alkoxylatio... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7230150 | Zone reactor In a method of converting alkanes to their corresponding alcohols, ethers, olefins, and other hydrocarbons, a vessel comprises a hollow, unsegregated interior defined first, second, and third zones. In a first embodiment of the invention oxygen reacts with metal hal... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7161050 | Method and apparatus for synthesizing olefins, alcohols, ethers, and aldehydes A reactant selected from the group consisting of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, dienes, and aromatics is reacted with a halide selected from the group including chlorine, bromine, and iodine to form a first reaction product. The first reaction product is reacted with a ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7148390 | Integrated process for synthesizing alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, and olefins from alkanes Alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, and olefins are manufactured from alkanes by mixing an alkane and a halogen selected from the group including chlorine, bromine, and iodine in a reactor to form alkyl halide and hydrogen halide. The alkyl halide only or the alkyl halide ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148179 | Catalyst support A catalyst support is produced by mixing particulate synthetic silica with 0.5–10 parts by weight of one or more particulate oxides or phosphates of the elements of group IIA, IIIB, IVB, VA, VIB, VIIB, VIII, IB, IIB, IIIA, IVA and lanthanides or precursors thereof... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7091387 | Process to convert alkanes into primary alcohols This invention provides a process to convert alkanes to primary alcohols of the same carbon number. Carbon numbers of particular interest are C8 to C18. The process comprises the steps of: a) halogenating a linear or branched (or mixture of lin... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7064238 | Conversion of alkanes to oxygenates A process is provided for converting an alkane to an oxygenated product by passing an alkane gas over a first fixed bed containing a higher valence bromide salt to produce an alkyl bromide, a hydrobromic acid, and a lower valence bromide salt. The alkyl bromide and ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7019182 | Method of hydrocarbon preservation and environmental protection Gas phase hydrocarbons resulting from the operation of offshore petroleum wells are converted into corresponding liquid products which are mixed with liquid phased hydrocarbons resulting from operation of the offshore petroleum well for delivery therewith. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6953867 | Process for the hydration of olefins A catalyst support consisting mainly of synthetic silica, with 0.5-10 parts by weight of one or more oxides or phosphates of the elements of group IIA, IIIB, IVB, VB, VIB, VIIB, VIII, IB, IIB, IIIA, IVA and the lanthanides, wherein the support preparation method com... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6479710 | Method of catalyzing a gas phase reaction using an acid-base catalyst composed of vanadium pentoxide hydrate A solid acid-base catalyst contains vanadium pentoxide hydrate. Moreover, it is preferable that the vanadium pentoxide hydrate in the solid acid-base catalyst has a composition which is represented by the following general equation (1): V2 O | 11/12/2002 |
| 6069284 | Process for separating diisopropyl ether from isopropyl alcohol and water A process to separate diisopropyl ether from a mixture of diisopropyl ether, isopropyl alcohol, and water has been developed. The process begins with distilling, in a distillation column, the mixture into a bottoms stream containing water and isopropyl al... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6049012 | Catalyst and process for the production of alkyl tert alkyl ether from hydrocarbon feedstocks with high levels of sulfur A catalyst for production of alkyl tert alkyl ether from sulfur contaminated feedstock includes an ion exchange resin; a palladium first metal phase supported on the resin; and a sulfur inhibiting second metal phase supported on the resin for inhibiting s... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5990361 | Process for producing ethyl tertiary butyl ether by catalytic distillation A low pressure catalytic distillation process for producing high purity ethyl tertiary butyl ether that contains less than 0.6 weight percent ethanol, and preferably less than 0.07 weight percent ethanol, has been developed. The high purity ethyl tertiary... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5986148 | Di-isopropyl ether synthesis and dry product recovery An improved process for production of diisopropyl ether by conversion of hydrocarbon feedstock containing propene, propane and C2 -- light gas components. The overall process steps include, (optionally) prefractionating fresh feedstock containi... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5824825 | Phosphoric acid catalyst and its use A phosphoric acid catalyst on a shaped, inorganic support and its use for the hydration of olefins. At least 90 wt. % of the catalyst support consists of titanium dioxide and/or zirconium dioxide and has outstanding ageing stability under the hydrothermal... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5808161 | Process for the production of diisopropyl ether and isopropanol employing a solvent A process has been discovered to employ an inert or unreactive solvent in the liquid phase process for production of isopropyl alcohol and diisopropyl ether from a propylene-rich hydrocarbon feedstream and water where the process is carried out in contact... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5628880 | Etherification--hydrogenation process A process for removing dienes from etherification uses a hydrogenation zone in the reactor distillation column above the etherification zone. MTBE is produced and the unreacted C4 stream is also subjected to selective hydrogenation of the butad... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5600024 | Enhanced recovery of alcohol from an ether containing stream A process for producing ethyl tertiary butyl ether and for the substantially complete recovery by fractional distillation of the unreacted ethanol contained in an etherification reaction zone product stream as a product along with the ethyl tertiary butyl... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5600023 | Single stage diisopropyl ether process using organic solvent aqueous extraction and ion exchange treating for SO3 removal In a single stage process for producing diisopropyl ether in the presence of an organic solvent, SO3 from a DIPE reactor effluent is transferred to an aqueous phase in a liquid extraction zone and removed from the aqueous phase using a basic io... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5569789 | Multistage indirect propylene hydration process for the production of diisopropyl ether and isopropanol A multistaged fixed catalyst bed process for the production of diisopropyl ether and isopropanol is disclosed comprising a fixed bed of serially connected stages containing zeolite Beta catalyst. A feedstream of propylene and water equivalents selected fr... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5504257 | Process for producing diisopropyl ether with removal of acid material A process for the production of diisopropyl ether where acid is removed, without extraction, from the reactor effluent before being recycled to the reactor or being passed to downstream processing units has been developed. The process involves (1) reactin... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5473105 | Process for concurrently producing diisopropyl ether and isoproyl ethyl ether A process for concurrently producing diisopropyl ether and isopropyl ethyl ether from water, ethanol from an independent source, and propylene, has been developed. The product mixture may be used as a high octane number booster due mainly to the presence ... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5405814 | Olefin conversion catalyst regeneration An olefin hydration catalyst is regenerated with a non-oxidizing light gas, such as hydrogen. Light olefins, especially propylene, are converted to a mixture of alcohol(s), such as isopropanol (IPA) and ether(s), such as diisopropylether (DIPE) by contact... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5395981 | Hydrocarbon conversion by catalytic distillation Ethers suitable for use as high octane oxygenate additives for motor fuels or other compounds such as alcohols or alkylates are produced in a catalytic distillation process wherein a C4 -plus isoolefin(s) and an alcohol present in the catalytic... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5371301 | Single stage diisopropyl ether process using aqueous extraction and ion exchange treating for SO3 removal In a single stage process for producing diisopropyl ether, SO3 from a DIPE reactor effluent is transferred to an aqueous phase in a liquid extraction zone and removed from the aqueous phase using a basic ion exchange resin disposed in an SO | 12/06/1994 |
| 5324865 | Di-isopropyl ether production A process for production of diisopropyl ether by conversion of hydrocarbon feedstock containing propene, propane and C2 - light gas components, including the steps of: optionally, prefractionating fresh feedstock containing propene, propane and... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5268515 | Process of preparing an isopropanol and diisopropyl ether oxgenate motor fuel additive Propene is reacted with water in a multi-stage, fluidized bed catalytic reactor to produce an oxygenate motor fuel additive containing a major proportion of isopropanol, a minor proportion of diisopropyl ether, and some water. The molar ratio of water to ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5191129 | Method of preparing an isopropanol and diisopropyl ether oxygenate motor fuel additive Propene is reacted with water in a multi-stage, fluidized bed catalytic reactor to produce an oxygenate motor fuel additive containing a major proportion of isopropanol (IPA), some diisopropyl ether (IPE) and some water. The molar ratio of water to propen... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5144084 | Process for the conversion of olefins to alcohols and/or ethers Olefins are converted to alcohols and/or ethers employing, as catalyst, an acidic zeolite which has been bound with an essentially non-acidic refractory oxide of at least one metal of Group IVA and/or IVB of the Period Table of the Elements, e.g., silica,... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5113024 | Process for product separation in the production of di-isopropyl ether In the instant invention the effluent from the DIPE reactor is separated in a novel separation process that includes, in one embodiment, two extraction steps serially combined to initially separate IPA from the reaction products by extraction with water. ... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5105023 | Process for the hydration of olefins cross reference to related applications A process for converting light olefin to alcohol(s), ether(s) or mixtures of alcohol(s) and ether(s) which comprises contacting a feed containing at least one light olefin with water in the vapor and/or liquid phase under olefin hydration conditions in th... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5080691 | Process for the conversion of light olefins to ether-rich gasoline Light olefins are converted to gasoline with a high enough content of ethers to provide a significant octane improvement over a base (or `cracking`) gasoline (clear RON=90-92; clear MON=79-80). One portion of the olefins is hydrated to produce alcohols, a... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5078751 | Process for upgrading olefinic gasoline by etherification wherein asymmetrical dialkyl ethers are produced A process is disclosed for upgrading C5 -C8 olefin-containing gasoline to a high octane motor gasoline blending component. C3 -C4 olefins are hydrated to alcohols and then selectively removed from the aqueous hydrati... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5041690 | Conversion of alcohols to ether-rich gasoline Methanol or other alcohol is converted to high octane gasoline components by an integrated process wherein crude aqueous alcohol feedstock is extracted with a liquid extractant stream containing C4 +iso-olefin and reacted to form tertiary-alkyl... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4978807 | Method for the preparation of methyl tertiary butyl ether A method and apparatus for conducting a catalytic distillation process is provided which allows for maintaining a liquid level in selected portions of the catalyst bed. Three particular processes disclosed are the production of methyl tertiary butyl ether... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4935552 | Dual stage process for the production of ethers Light olefins are catalytically converted to ethers, e.g., propylene is converted to diisopropyl ether, in a dual stage process in which product ether is recycled to a first stage reaction zone to significantly reduce the operating temperature of the olef... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4927977 | Process and apparatus for the uniform distribution of a two-phase feed in a chemical reaction zone A process and apparatus are provided for the substantially uniform distribution of a two-phase feed in a chemical reaction zone. As applied, for example, to the hydration/etherification of light olefin to alcohol(s) and/or ether(s), the invention results ... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4590294 | Proton-catalyzed reactions catalyzed by hydrogen ion-exchanged layered clays The invention relates to the use of hydrogen ion-exchanged layered clays in organic reactions which are catalyzed by protons. Such organic reactions include the production of ethers by the reaction of an alcohol with an olefin or an olefin oxide, the prod... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4503263 | Process for the preparation of octane boosting branched aliphatic ethers using solid superacid catalysts The invention concerns a process for the preparation of aliphatic ethers by reacting the corresponding alcohol and/or olefin over a superacid catalyst.... | 03/05/1985 |
