Patent ID: 9181156
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B01J,C07C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for producing alcohols, comprising: a hydroformylation reactor comprising: a nozzle for spraying olefins and a synthesis gas (CO/H2) toward a catalyst mixture solution inside the hydroformylation reactor; a reactor outlet for discharging a reaction mixture of the olefins and the synthesis gas; and a distributor plate for converting a flow of the olefins and the synthesis gas (CO/H a hydrogenation reactor for producing alcohols by adding hydrogen to the recovered aldehydes from the hydroformylation reactor, wherein the hydrogenation reactor comprises: a nozzle for spraying the recovered aldehydes and hydrogen gas from the hydroformylation reactor inside the hydrogenation reactor; a nickel catalyst layer having a high activity, in which the nickel catalyst layer is located at a site of flowing aldehydes and hydrogen; a copper catalyst layer having a low activity, in which the copper catalyst layer is located after the nickel catalyst layer; and a reactor outlet for discharging the hydrogenation reaction mixture, in which the reactor outlet is located after the copper catalyst layer.