Abstract: A process for separating ethylene glycol from its aqueous mixture with organic acids, salts and unidentified UV light absorbers, the process comprising the steps of a) flashing the aqueous mixture under conditions effective to produce a bottom slurry containing the salts and an overhead aqueous fraction containing the ethylene glycol, the acids and the unidentified UV light absorbers; b) passing the overhead aqueous fraction from step a) through at least one bed of ion exchange resin effective to produce a product stream having a reduced UV light absorbance; and c) drying the product stream of step b) in a dehydrator.

Abstract: A process for separating ethylene glycol from its aqueous mixture with organic acids, salts and unidentified UV light absorbers, the process comprising the steps of

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a catalyst suitable for the preparation of hydrocarbons from carbon monoxide and hydrogen, wherein a cobalt compound is applied on a porous, inert carrier and the carrier is dried and calcined forming the catalyst, characterized in that the cobalt compound is cobalt nitrate, and the carrier provided with the cobalt compound is calcined in an atmosphere containing nitrogen oxide at a concentration of at least 20% by volume, not taking the water content of the atmosphere into consideration, and to a catalyst comprising agglomerates of cobalt oxide crystallites distributed over a porous, inert carrier, having an agglomerate size of about 1-10 micrometer.