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Process for the production of gasoline.
Patent Number: JP57067688
Publication date: 1982-04-21
Inventor(s): Nozawa Shinkichi, Tsujimoto Masaaki
Applicant(s): Toyo Engineering Corp (JP)
Requested Patent: JP57067688
Application Number: EP19810108247 19811012
Priority Number(s): JP19800143266 19801014
IPC Classification: C10G3/00; C07C29/15
EC Classification: C10G3/00, C07C29/151, C07C29/151A, C07C29/151B1
Equivalents: DE3168360D, EP0049892, B1

Abstract

Disclosed is a process for the production of gasoline by synthesizing methanol from a synthesis gas predominantly containing carbon oxides and hydrogen and then synthesizing gasoline from said methanol. According to this process, the whole product effluent from a methanol synthesis reaction zone is fed to a gasoline synthesis reaction zone; the whole product effluent from the gasoline synthesis reaction zone is cooled to condense gasoline and separate it from the uncondensed gas containing carbon oxides, hydrogen, and gaseous C₁ to C₄ hydrocarbons; the uncondensed gas is separated into a gas rich in C₁ to C₄ hydrocarbons and a gas rich in carbon oxides and hydrogen; and the gas rich in carbon oxides and hydrogen, together with a freshly fed synthesis gas, is recycled to the methanol synthesis reaction zone. Thus, there is provided a process for the production of gasoline which can achieve higher efficiency and greater economy as compared with prior art processes for synthesizing gasoline via methanol.