Patents Assigned to BHS Technology LLC
  • Production of dry alcohol
    Patent number: 8354564
    Abstract: A process for producing dry alcohol (including ethanol) that comprises at least one stage wherein a gaseous feedstock, which includes alcohol and water, is contacted with carbon monoxide in the presence of a water-gas shift catalyst, at a temperature sufficiently high so that carbon monoxide and water are consumed and carbon dioxide and hydrogen are produced, thereby removing a portion of the water. The process may include multiple stages; the dry alcohol produced contains 99.5 wt. % or greater of alcohol and 0.5 wt. % or less of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: BHS Technology LLC
    Inventors: Christopher J. Brown, Marian Simo, Vladimir Hlavacek