| abstract |
REACTIVE DISTILLATION METHOD AND SYSTEM. A reactive distillation method comprises introducing a feed stream to a reactive distillation column, contacting the feed stream with one or more catalysts in the reactive distillation column during a distillation, and removing one or more higher alcohols during the distillation from the reactive distillation column. reactive distillation as a bottom stream. The feed stream comprises one or more alpha hydrogen alcohols and the feed stream reacts in the presence of the one or more catalysts to produce a reaction product comprising the one or more higher alcohols. |