Patent ID: 11939289
Assignee: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B  Y | IPC B  C

Claim 7:
8. The process of claim 5, wherein one or both of the bottoms fraction from the divided wall distillation column and the overheads fraction from the divided wall distillation column comprise oxygenated byproducts or comprise the oxygenate reaction modifier, the process further comprising:
recovering the oxygenate reaction modifier or oxygenated byproducts from one or both of the bottoms fraction from the divided wall distillation column and the overheads fraction from the divided wall distillation column; and
recycling the recovered oxygenate reaction modifier or oxygenated byproducts to the fixed bed reactor, the second fixed bed reactor, the catalytic distillation reactor, or a combination thereof.