METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF A DEHYDRATED ETHYL ALCOHOL Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: distillery industry; production of a dehydrated ethyl alcohol.

SUBSTANCE: the invention is pertaining to the field of distillery industry, in particular, to the methods of production of a dehydrated ethyl alcohol. The method provides for concentration of the water-alcohol solution purified from impurities by a rectification, its dehydration by adsorption through the molecular sieves and its regeneration by a desorption. Concentration of the water-alcohol solution and its dehydration by adsorption are conducted at the pressure of 105-350 kPa. A part of the formed during the concentration vapors is once more heated up to the temperature of 96-150°C and feed to the stage of desorption, which is realized at the pressure of 5-60 kPa. The rest part of the vapor from the stage of adsorption and a desorption is subjected to condensation and the water-alcohol liquid is fed to the stage of the alcohol concentration with withdrawal of the water from the process. The invention allows to intensify the process of dehydration and to reduce consumption of the heat-power input.

EFFECT: the invention allows to intensify the process of dehydration and to reduce the heat and power inputs.

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