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Catalytic Conversion of Alcohols to Olefins

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Catalytic Conversions of Synthesis Gas and Alcohols to Chemicals

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The conversion of alcohols to hydrocarbons, especially to low molecular weight olefins, is not novel. Small-scale units (2000–10,000 t/yr) for production of ethylene from ethanol were common up to the 1960’s. However, the availability and low cost of natural gas and naphtha have shifted the feedstock away from ethanol to these materials, as well as favored large-scale olefin production (100,000–500,000 t/yr) through thermal cracking of hydrocarbons. In fact, the low price of these petrochemical olefins rendered feasible the reverse process: the production of the corresponding alcohols via catalytic hydration of these olefins.

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Kut, O.M., Tanner, R.D., Prenosil, J.E., Kamholz, K. (1984). Catalytic Conversion of Alcohols to Olefins. In: Herman, R.G. (eds) Catalytic Conversions of Synthesis Gas and Alcohols to Chemicals. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2737-0_19

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