Patent ID: 8658402
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: C07C,C12P,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method for the production of ethyl acetate, the method comprising: a. passing a gaseous substrate comprising CO to a bioreactor comprising a culture of a b. anaerobically fermenting the substrate comprising CO to produce a fermentation broth comprising ethanol; c. passing the fermentation broth to an extraction module, wherein the ethanol is separated from the fermentation broth to provide a purified ethanol stream and a waste broth stream; d. passing the waste broth stream back to the bioreactor; e. passing the purified ethanol stream to a reaction vessel; and f. converting the purified ethanol to ethyl acetate in the reaction vessel by a process selected from esterification or dehydrogenation.