PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY OF ALCOHOLS USING A PERFLUORINATED IONOMER MEMBRANE

• Main Authors: COHEN ABRAHAM DAVID, DIANA WILLIAM DANIEL, BAIEL JAMES JOSEPH
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 16.04.1989
• Edition: 4
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; SEPARATION; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

Alcohols are recovered from aqueous acid solution by permeation of the alcohol through a perfluorinated ionomer membrane. An improved process for the manufacture of alcohols by acid absorption of olefins is also disclosed, the improvements residing in the use of a perfluorinated ionomer membrane to...