Download or read book Butanol Production from Ethanol - Cost Analysis - Butanol E31A written by Intratec and published by Intratec. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents a cost analysis of n-Butanol production from ethanol. In this process, ethanol is dimerized into n-Butanol via the Guerbet reaction. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): (1) US Patent 20160326075A1, issued to Abengoa Bionergia Nuevas Tecnlogias SA in 2016 (2) US Patent 9018426, issued to Celanese International Corporation in 2015 (3) US Patent 8318990, issued to Mitsubishi Chemcal Corporation in 2012 Keywords: Dimerization, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Dimeric Alcohol