Invention Application
- Patent Title: PROCESS FOR INCREASING THE CONCENTRATION OF NORMAL HYDROCARBONS IN A STREAM
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Application No.: PCT/US2021/020489Application Date: 2021-03-02
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Publication No.: WO2021183323A1Publication Date: 2021-09-16
- Inventor: FUNK, Gregory , PLOENTHAM, Cora Wang , MININ, Marina S. , LAPINSKI, Mark P. , SHECTERLE, David J. , BOEHM, Ernest J.
- Applicant: UOP LLC
- Applicant Address: 25 East Algonquin Road
- Assignee: UOP LLC
- Current Assignee: UOP LLC
- Current Assignee Address: 25 East Algonquin Road
- Agency: BENINATI, John F.
- Priority: US16/812,284 2020-03-07
- Main IPC: C07C5/13
- IPC: C07C5/13 ; C07C5/27 ; C07C9/16
Abstract:
A process increases the concentration of normal paraffins in a feed stream comprising separating a naphtha feed stream into a normal paraffin rich stream and a non-normal paraffin rich stream. The non-normal paraffin rich stream is isomerized over a first isomerization catalyst to convert non-normal paraffins to normal paraffins and produce a first isomerization effluent stream. An iso-C4 stream is separated from the first isomerization effluent stream and isomerized over a second isomerization catalyst to convert iso-C4 hydrocarbons to normal C4 hydrocarbons and produce a second isomerization effluent stream. The normal paraffin rich stream, the normal paraffins in the first isomerization effluent stream and/or the second isomerization effluent stream may be fed to a steam cracker.
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