Patents Assigned to THE GTBE COMPANY N.V.
  • Method of preparing glycerol alkyl ethers
    Patent number: 9000230
    Abstract: A process for glycerol etherification, including a recycle of glycerol and/or mono-ether, to produce glycerol alkyl ethers with low amount of mono-ether by reacting glycerol and olefinic hydrocarbon, and/or the corresponding aldehydes, ketones and alcohols, having 2 to 10 carbon atoms in the presence of homogeneous acid catalyst with hindered formation of olefin oligomers comprising of two essential steps: reaction step (1) neutralization and salt removal step (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: The GTBE Company N.V.
    Inventors: Geert F. Versteeg, Piet Ijben, Wouter Nicolaas Wermink, Katarína Klepá{hacek over (c)}ová, Sjaak Van Loo, Wladimir Kesber
  • Method of Preparing Glycerol Alkyl Ethers
    Publication number: 20110098510
    Abstract: A process for glycerol etherification, including a recycle of glycerol and/or mono-ether, to produce glycerol alkyl ethers with low amount of mono-ether by reacting glycerol and olefinic hydrocarbon, and/or the corresponding aldehydes, ketones and alcohols, having 2 to 10 carbon atoms in the presence of homogeneous acid catalyst with hindered formation of olefin oligomers comprising of two essential steps: reaction step (1) neutralization and salt removal step (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: THE GTBE COMPANY N.V.
    Inventors: Geert F. Versteeg, Piet Ijben, W. N. Wermink, K. Klepacova, Sjaak Van Loo, Wladimir Kesber