ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,734, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Ineos Acetyls UK Ltd. (Lyndhurst, Great Britain).
"Process for producing acetic acid" was invented by Sean Anthony Hennigan (Hull, Great Britain) and John Peter Eric Muller (Hull, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to processes and systems for production of acetic acid. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a process for producing acetic acid that includes contacting carbon monoxide and one or more of methanol and reactive derivatives thereof with a carbonylation catalyst in a first reaction zone to produce a product stream, transferring at le...