Patents Assigned to Snamprotetti S.p.A.
  • Patent number: 5446224
    Abstract: An integrated process for producing iso-butene and alkyl tert-butyl ethers in which the iso-butene is obtained by dehydrogenation of iso-butane followed by purification by partial condensation plus absorption of residual vapor with a solvent, the alkyl tert-butyl ether being obtained by reacting the purified iso-butene product with the corresponding alcohol, the essential characteristic being that the solvent used for absorbing the iso-butene is part of the product alkyl tert-butyl ether itself and/or part of the corresponding alcohol used in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Snamprotetti S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ivano Miracca, Giorgio Fusco