摘要 |
<p num="1"><br/>211-P-US03223<br/><br/><br/> ABSTRACT<br/> The present invention is a process for increasing the capacity of a<br/>gas phase synthesis loop for the production of methanol from a syngas<br/>feed. The syngas feed is initially passed to a liquid phase methanol<br/>reactor to convert a portion of the syngas to methanol or methanol and<br/>higher aliphatic alcohols. The mixture is subsequently cooled to<br/>condense and recover the methanol and/or higher alcohols. The unreacted<br/>syngas is passed to a gas phase synthesis loop for further conversion and<br/>recovery of methanol.<br/> |