| US 7,482,497 B2 | ||
| Method of making alcohols | ||
| Abbas Hassan, Sugar Land, Tex. (US); Ebrahim Bagherzadeh, Sugar Land, Tex. (US); Rayford G. Anthony, College Station, Tex. (US); Gregory Borsinger, Chatham, N.J. (US); and Aziz Hassan, Sugar Land, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to H R D Corporation, Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 20, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/143,200. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/946499, filed on Jun. 27, 2007. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/946465, filed on Jun. 27, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0005613 A1, Jan. 01, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. C07C 29/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 568—896 [568/895; 568/897; 568/898; 568/901] | 10 Claims |
| 1. A method of hydrating an olefin comprising:
a) introducing an olefin gas into a water stream to form a gas-liquid stream;
b) flowing the gas-liquid stream through a high shear device so as to form a dispersion with gas bubbles having a mean diameter
less than about 1 micron; and
c) contacting the gas-liquid stream with a catalyst in a reactor to hydrate the olefin gas and form an alcohol.
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