MUMBAI, India, Oct. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617089860 A) filed by Uop LLC on July 23, 2026, for Radial Flow Reactor For An Ethanol Dehydration Process.
Inventors include Gosangari, Saikrishna Laxmirajam; Serban, Manuela; Abrams, Martha Leigh; and Schilling, Kyle.
The application for the patent was published on October 23, 2026, under issue no. 43/2026.
Abstract: A process for dehydration of an ethanol feed stream comprising sending said ethanol feed stream and steam to a radial flow reactor to contact a catalyst under reaction conditions and produce an effluent comprising ethylene. The use of a radial flow reactor eliminates concerns about pressure drops that may occur with conventional fi...