Abstract:
CARBONYL COMPUNDS AND RESIDUAL OXYGEN ARE REMOVED FROM HYDROCARBON DEHYDROGENATION EFFLUENT CONTAINING RICH OIL STRIPPER OVERHEAT VAPORS, PRIOR, TO CONDENSING HYDROCARBON PRODUCT, WITH WATER SOLUTION SPRAY, E.G., 1 WEIGHT PERCENT KOH, TO REMOVE CARBONYL COMPOUNDS AND 1 WEIGHT PERCENT BISULFITE OR NITRITE SOLUTION TO REMOVE OXYGEN AND ORGANIC ACIDS. A COMBINATION OF AGENTS CAN BE USED. THE WATER SOLUTION AND REMOVED MATERIALS ALONG WITH STEAM CONDENSATE ARE REMOVED FROM A SUITABLE TRAY IN THE STRIPPER. THE C4 OR C5 OLEFINS CONTAINED IN DEHYDROGENATION EFFLUENT AFTER ABSORPTION INTO AN OIL ARE RECOVERED THEREFROM IN A STRIPPER TO WHICH THE SPARY IS FED.
Abstract:
Isoparaffins are converted in a reaction zone to other hydrocarbons including isoparaffins containing fewer carbon atoms per molecule and isoparaffins containing more carbon atoms per molecule by contacting an isoparaffin feedstock with hydrofluoric acid in the presence of an amount of an olefin which is sufficient to increase the conversion of said feedstock. In a combination process said isoparaffin product containing fewer carbon atoms per molecule than the isoparaffin feedstock is passed to an alkylation zone as a portion of one of the reactants thereto. Isoparaffin product containing the same number of carbon atoms as said first-mentioned isoparaffin feedstock, and which are produced in said alkylation zone, are passed to the firstmentioned reaction zone as a portion of the feedstock thereto. Isoparaffin product containing more carbon atoms per molecule are blended with at least a portion of the hydrocarbon product produced in the alkylation zone.
Abstract:
EXCESS PURGE WATER CONTAINING OXYGENATD HYDROCARBONS RESULTING FROM HYDROCARBON DEHYDROGENATION PROCESSES IS RENDERED NONTOXIC BY THE CONVERSION OF THE OXYGENATED HYDROCARBONS TO WATER AND CARBON OXIDES IN THE PRESENCE OF MICRORGANISM, E.G., SAPROPHYTIC BACTERIA, PROTOZOA, YEAST AND FUNGI, UNDER AEROBIC CONDITIONS. IN PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION, THE PURGE WATER PRIOR TO TREATMENT WITH MICOORGANISMS IS REBOLED OR STRIPPED WITH A HOT GAS TO REDUCE THE CONVENTRATION OF OXYGENATED HYDROCARBONS.
Abstract:
IN THE DIMERIZATION OF C2 TO C10 OLEFINS IN A LOOP REACTOR, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING RUNNING THE REACTOR HOTTER THAN NORMAL FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL CATALYST AND POLYMER ARE DEPOSITED ON THE WALLS OF THE LOOP REACTOR MAKING THE REACTOR MORE SELECTIVE FOR DIMERIZATION, AND THEN RETURNING TO THE USUAL REACTION TEMPERATURES. AS A SECOND FEATURE, BY RUNNING THE EFFLUENT FROM THE LOOP REACTOR THROUGH A FIXED BED OF ION EXCHANGE RESIN, SOME OF THE CATALYST FROM THE STREAM DEPOSITS ON THE ION EXCHANGE RESIN, AND THERE ACTS AS A SECOND CATALYST BED SELECTIVE FOR DIMERIZATION.