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
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