Invention Application
- Patent Title: PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF GLYCOLS
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Application No.: US16060262Application Date: 2016-12-07
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Publication No.: US20180362425A1Publication Date: 2018-12-20
- Inventor: Evert VAN DER HEIDE , Timothy Michael NISBET , Leslie Andrew CHEWTER , Pieter HUIZENGA
- Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US TX HOUSTON
- Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US TX HOUSTON
- Priority: EP15198770.8 20151209
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/080099 WO 20161207
- Main IPC: C07C29/132
- IPC: C07C29/132 ; C07C31/20 ; B01J19/18 ; B01J19/24 ; B01J21/06 ; B01J23/22 ; B01J23/26 ; B01J23/28 ; B01J23/30

Abstract:
The invention provides a continuous process for the preparation of ethylene glycol and 1,2-propylene glycol from starting material comprising one or more saccharides, said process comprising providing a feedstock comprising said one or more saccharides in a solvent to a reactor, said reactor having supported therein a heterogeneous hydrogenation catalytic composition and contacting the feedstock therein directly with said heterogeneous hydrogenation catalytic composition and concurrently with a retro-aldol catalyst composition in the presence of hydrogen, wherein said reactor operates in an essentially plug flow manner.
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