US Patent Issued to Ineos Acetyls UK on Feb. 10 for "Processes and apparatuses for distillation of an acetic acid and propionic acid-containing stream in an acetic acid production unit" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,687, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Ineos Acetyls UK Ltd. (Lyndhurst, Great Britain).

"Processes and apparatuses for distillation of an acetic acid and propionic acid-containing stream in an acetic acid production unit" was invented by James William Brace (Camerton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to processes and systems for distillation of acetic acid products. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a process for separating a feed stream comprising acetic acid and propionic acid in a distillation column. The process includes introducing a feed stream into the column through ...