Abstract: Process for reducing the water and carboxylic acid content of an alcohol composition containing at least one C1-4 alcohol, water and at least one C1-4 carboxylic acid by (a) forming a vapor phase alcohol composition A and a liquid phase alcohol composition B, (b) separating a second vapor phase alcohol composition C and an aqueous phase D from the liquid phase alcohol composition B, the aqueous phase D containing the majority of the carboxylic acid that was present in the liquid phase alcohol composition B; (c) passing the vapor phase alcohol composition A to a drying unit, (d) passing the vapor phase alcohol composition C to a drying unit; and (e) recovering an alcohol composition from the drying units of steps (c) and (d). The recovered alcohol composition of step (e) has a reduced water and carboxylic acid content.

Abstract: There is provided a process for reducing the water and carboxylic acid content of an alcohol composition comprising at least one alcohol having from one to four carbon atoms, water and at least one carboxylic acid having from one to four carbon atoms, wherein said process comprises: (a) forming a vapour phase alcohol composition A and a liquid phase alcohol composition B from the alcohol composition; (b) separating a second vapour phase alcohol composition C and an aqueous phase D from the liquid phase alcohol composition B in a distillation column, wherein the aqueous phase D contains the majority of the carboxylic acid that was present in the liquid phase alcohol composition B; (c) passing the vapour phase alcohol composition A to a drying unit comprising a desiccant, (d) passing the vapour phase alcohol composition C to a drying unit comprising a desiccant; and (e) recovering an alcohol composition from the drying unit of step (c) and the drying unit of step (d); wherein the recovered alcohol composition o

Abstract: A process is described for removing carbon dioxide from a synthesis gas feed stream in a cryogenic separation plant. In an example described the synthesis gas feed stream (3) comprises 40 to 65 mole % hydrogen and is fed to a single stage or a first stage of a series of separation stages (120, 103, 104) at a pressure in the range of 46 to 90 bar absolute. The single stage or a stage of the series is operated at a temperature in the range of ?53 to ?48° C. and a pressure in the range of 44 to 90 bar absolute. In some examples, the single stage or the combined stages of the series remove 70 to 80% of the total moles of carbon dioxide in the synthesis gas feed stream. Liquefied C02 product stream(s) discharged from the stage (s) (7,10,13) of the cryogenic separation plant may be sequestrated and/or used in a chemical process (71).