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| 20090229966 | Removing hydrocarbon impurities from acetic acid production process - A method for removing hydrocarbon impurities from an acetic acid production process is disclosed. The method comprises distilling at least a portion of the heavy organic phase from the decanter of the acetic acid production process into a vapor stream comprising the majority of methyl iodide (i.e., over 50% of the methyl iodide from the heavy organic phase) and a bottoms stream comprising the majority of acetic acid, methyl acetate, methyl iodide and the hydrocarbon impurity (i.e., over 50% of each of the components from the heavy organic phase); extracting the bottoms stream with water, an acetic acid aqueous solution, or with a methanol aqueous solution to form an organic phase comprising the majority of the hydrocarbon impurity (over 50% of the hydrocarbon impurity from the bottom stream) and an aqueous phase comprising the majority of methyl iodide (over 50% of the methyl iodide from the bottoms stream); and recycling the aqueous phase to the carbonylation reaction. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090281329 | Removing hydrocarbon impurities from acetic acid by ionic liquid extraction - A method for removing hydrocarbon impurities from acetic acid is disclosed. The method comprises extracting acetic acid with a hydrophilic imidazolium salt. The imidazolium salt preferably has the general structure of | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100063319 | Preparation of acetic acid - A process for producing acetic acid is disclosed. The process comprises carbonylating methanol to form a reaction mixture comprising a catalyst, catalyst stabilizer, acetic acid, methanol, methyl iodide, methyl acetate, water, and carbon monoxide and introducing at least a portion of the reaction mixture to a distillation column to separate into a bottom steam comprising the catalyst and catalyst stabilizer, a sidedraw stream comprising acetic acid and water, and an overhead stream comprising methanol, methyl acetate, methyl iodide, and water. The process of the invention eliminates the use of flash tank. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100249453 | Removing hydrocarbon impurities from acetic acid production intermediate - A method for removing hydrocarbon impurities from an acetic acid production intermediate is disclosed. The method comprises extracting the intermediate with a hydrocarbon extracting agent. The extraction is preferably performed with the alkane distillation bottom stream which comprises methyl iodide, acetic acid, and hydrocarbon impurities. The extraction forms a light phase which comprises the hydrocarbon impurity and the extracting agent and a heavy phase which comprises methyl iodide and acetic acid. The extraction heavy phase is optionally recycled to the alkane distillation or to the carbonylation reaction. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110004015 | Removing hydrocarbon impurities from acetic acid by ionic liquid extraction - A method for removing hydrocarbon impurities from acetic acid is disclosed. The method comprises extracting acetic acid with a hydrophilic imidazolium salt. The imidazolium salt preferably has the general structure of | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110054213 | Preparation of acetic acid - A method for reducing aldehydes in an acetic acid production process is disclosed. The acetic acid is produced by reacting methanol and carbon monoxide in the presence of a carbonylation catalyst. The method comprises reacting an aldehyde-containing stream with an alcohol to form an acetal-containing stream. An acetal-enriched stream is separated from the acetal-containing stream and then hydrolyzed to form a hydrolysis mixture comprising the alcohol and the aldehydes. The alcohol is isolated from the hydrolysis mixture and used to react with the aldehyde-containing stream to form the acetal-containing stream. The invention reduces aldehydes in the acetic acid produced. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110087047 | Vinyl acetate production process - A process for the production of vinyl acetate is disclosed. The process comprises reacting ethylene, acetic acid, and oxygen in the presence of a catalyst to produce a reaction mixture comprising vinyl acetate, ethylene, carbon dioxide, acetic acid and ethylene glycol diacetate. The reaction mixture is separated to a gas stream comprising ethylene, oxygen, and carbon dioxide and a crude vinyl acetate stream comprising vinyl acetate, acetic acid and ethylene glycol diacetate. An ethylene glycol diacetate stream, which comprises at least 50 wt % of ethylene glycol diacetate, is isolated from the crude vinyl acetate stream and hydrolyzed to recover acetic acid. Recovered acetic acid may be recycled to the acetoxidation reaction. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110137075 | Vinyl acetate production process - A process for the production of vinyl acetate is disclosed. The process comprises reacting ethylene, acetic acid, and oxygen in the presence of a catalyst to produce a reaction mixture comprising vinyl acetate, ethylene, carbon dioxide, acetic acid, water and ethylene glycol diacetate. The reaction mixture is separated to a gas stream comprising ethylene, and carbon dioxide and a crude vinyl acetate stream comprising vinyl acetate, acetic acid, water and ethylene glycol diacetate. An ethylene glycol diacetate stream is isolated from the crude vinyl acetate stream and subjected to a reactive distillation to recover acetic acid. | 06-09-2011 |
