Process for recovering oxygenated organic compounds

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A PROCESS FOR SEPARATING NORMALLY LIQUID OXYGEN-CONTAINING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS MAINLY IN THE FORM OF ALCOHOLS FROM THE OIL PHASE OF SYNTHESIS PRODUCT WHICH COMPRISES VAPORIZING SAID OIL PHASE CONTAINING ALCOHOLS, ALDEHYDES, ESTERS, KETONES AND ACIDS, CONTACTING SAID VAPORIZED OIL PHASE IN AN ADSORPTION ZONE AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 200 AND 700* F. WITH A PARTICULATE FLUENT SOLID COMPOSITE COMPRISING AN ADSORBENT AND A HYDROGENATION AGENT WHEREBY OXYGEN-CONTAINING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ARE ADSORBED ON SAID SOLID COMPOSITE, SEPARATING SAID SOLID COMPOSITE CONTAINING OXYGEN-CONTAINING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM VAPORIZED OIL PHASE, INTRODUCING SAID SOLID COMPOSITE INTO A HYDROGENATION-DESORPTION ZONE, MAINTAINING SAID SOLID COMPOSITE IN A FLUENT STATE IN SAID HYDROGENATION-DESORPTION ZONE, PASSING HYDROGEN THROUGH SAID HYDROGENATION-DESORPTION ZONE AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 300 AND 800* F., HYDROGENATING SAID ALDEHYDES, ACIDS, ESTERS AND KETONES TO ALCOHOLS AND DESORBING OXYGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS FROM SAID SOLID COMPOSITE IN SAID HYDROGENATION-DESORPTION ZONE, SEPARATING SAID SOLID COMPOSITE FROM HYDROGEN AND OXYGENCONTAINING COMPOUNDS COMPRISING MAINLY ALCOHOLS, RECYCLING SAID SEPARATED SOLID COMPOSITE TO SAID ADSORPTION ZONE AND RECOVERING SAID OXYGENCONTAINING COMPOUNDS MAINLY IN THE FORM OF ALCOHOLS.