Patent ID: 7056485
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: B01J,C01B

Abstract:
1. A process for the continuous hydrogenation of a compound capable of being hydrogenated, comprising: a) dissolving the compound in a working solution and combining said working solution with a hydrogen-containing hydrogenation gas in a hydrogenation reactor; b) hydrogenating the mixture produced in step a) under hydrogenation conditions to obtain an at least partly hydrogenated compound and a hydrogen-containing waste hydrogenation gas; c) compressing part of the waste hydrogenation gas using a jet pump and recycling the compressed gas into the hydrogenation reactor, wherein a liquid or gaseous feedstock is fed into the hydrogenation reactor at a pressure that is greater than the pressure at which the compressed hydrogenation gas is fed into the hydrogenation reactor and is used as motive agent for the jet pump.