Vapor phase treatment of combined gasoline and water phases of synthesis product with a basic compound

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR TREATING A PRODUCT CONTAINING WATER, HYDROCARBONS AND OXYGEN-CONTAINING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS COMPRISING ALCOHOL, ESTERS, ACIDS, ALDEHYDES AND KETONES, AND WHICH IS OBTAINED BY THE CATALYTIC CONVERSION OF CARBON MONOXIDE AND HYDROGEN INTO SYNTHETIC FUEL, WHICH COMPRISES SEPARATING SAID PRODUCT INTO A GAS PHASE, A WATER PHASE AND AN OIL PHASE, FRACTIONATING SAID OIL PHASE INTO A GASOLINE FRACTION SAID A GAS OIL FRACTION, COMBINING SAID WATER PHASE WITH SAID GASOLINE FRACTION TO FORM A COMPOSITE PHASE CONSISTING OF SAID GASOLINE FRACTION AND SAID WATER PHASE VAPORIZING SADI COMPOSITE PHASE, CONTACTING SAID COMPOSITE IN THE VAPOR STATE AT A TEMPERATURE OF 500 TO 1000* F. WITH A SOLID BASIC MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS, ALKALINE EARTH COMPOUNDS AND MIXTURES THEREOF WHEREBY ESTERS ARE HYDROLYZED AND ACIDS ARE DECARBOXYLATED, SEPARATING SAID COMPOSITE INTO A GASEOUS FRACTION, A WATER PHASE AND A GASOLINE FRACTION. SEPARTELY REMOVING ALCOHOLS AND KETONES FROM SAID WATER PHASE AND SAID GASOLINE FRACTION.