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International Polyol Chemicals, Inc. PO BOX 190 - Blue River, OR 97413 - (541) 822-8400
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IPCI PROCESSES TYPE 1 - IPCI HYDROGENATION PROCESS FLOW Sugar to Sugar Alcohols The IPCI hydrogenation process flow, termed an IPCI Type 1 design, is a continuous thermal catalytic process for converting sugars to sugar alcohols. Several variations of the process – particularly for the reactor system and for the separations unit – are available to suit the particular feedstock and product desired. The figure below is a block diagram of the IPCI continuous hydrogenation process.
Type 2. - IPCI HYDROGENOLYSIS PROCESS FLOW Sugar Alcohols to Polyols IPCI hydrogenolysis technology is a thermal catalytic process to convert sugar alcohols to industrial polyols using hydrogen as a reactant. IPCI terms the hydrogenolysis flow sheet below as a Type 2 process flow
TYPE 3 - IPCI COMBINED HYDROGENATION AND HYDROGENOLYSIS PROCESS FLOW Sugars to Polyols IPCI's hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis processes can be integrated into a single process flow in several ways to provide a continuous process for converting sugar to industrial polyols. Variations include the optional ability to simultaneously produce sugar alcohols as well as polyols. IPCI terms combinations of the Type 1 and Type 2 process flows as being Type 3 designs. An example is shown below.
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