PROCESS FOR IN-SITU REGENERATION OF SPENT ION EXCHANGE RESIN CATALYST

    公开(公告)号:US20240216903A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-04

    申请号:US18524086

    申请日:2023-11-30

    CPC classification number: B01J38/60 B01J38/02 B01J49/50

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for in-situ regeneration of spent ion exchange resin catalyst used in the dimerization of olefins, etherification and alkylation processes by various impurities coming from feed streams and heavier oligomers forms as byproducts. The process involves backwashing with water which is followed by the step of naphtha washing. Naphtha washing involves filling the reactor with paraffinic naphtha and soaking the catalyst bed in naphtha. The step of naphtha washing is followed by naphtha circulation in the reactor. The last step involves treatment with diluted HCl solution wherein deposited impurities at the ion exchange sites are removed using diluted HCl. The process achieves up to 80% regeneration of spent catalysts.

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