A process for the production of dialkyl ether, the process including: feeding a stream comprising an alkyl alcohol to a distillation column reactor system; concurrently in the distillation column reactor system: i) contacting the alkyl alcohol with a catalytic distillation structure in a distillation reaction zone thereby catalytically reacting at least a portion of the alkyl alcohol to form a corresponding dialkyl ether and water; and ii) fractionating the resulting dialkyl ether from the water; operating the distillation column reactor system to obtain substantially complete conversion of the alkyl alcohol to form the corresponding dialkyl ether and water; recovering the dialkyl ether from the distillation column reactor as an overheads fraction; recovering the water from the distillation column reactor as a bottoms fraction.
申请公布号
CA2698581(A1)
申请公布日期
2009.03.19
申请号
CA20082698581
申请日期
2008.05.16
申请人
CATALYTIC DISTILLATION TECHNOLOGIES
发明人
SMITH, LAWRENCE A., JR.;GELBEIN, ABRAHAM P.;BOYER, CHRISTOPHER C.