Patents Assigned to Celanese Internatinal Corporation
  • Process for Producing Ethanol by Hydrogenation with Carbon Monoxide Controls
    Publication number: 20150133700
    Abstract: A process for produce ethanol by hydrogenation acetic acid and/or esters thereof is disclosed. The process involves reacting hydrogen feed stream with an acetic acid feed stream in a reactor operated in the presence of a catalyst to form an ethanol mixture and monitoring carbon monoxide concentration of the fresh hydrogen feed stream and adjusting temperature in the reactor in response to the carbon monoxide concentration of the fresh hydrogen feed stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Celanese Internatinal Corporation
    Inventors: Radmila Wollrab, Iva Franjkic, Victor J. Johnston, Heiko Weiner