Production of alkylaromatic compounds

    公开(公告)号:US11964927B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-23

    申请号:US17766411

    申请日:2020-09-30

    Abstract: A process for producing an alkylaromatic compound comprises providing a first feed comprising an alkylatable aromatic compound and a second feed comprising an alkylating agent, wherein at least the first feed contains an impurity compound comprising at least one of nitrogen, halogens, oxygen, sulfur, arsenic, selenium, tellurium, phosphorus, and Group 1 through Group 12 metals The first feed is passed through an adsorbent comprising a metal-organic framework material under conditions effective to reduce the amount of impurity compound in the first feed and produce a purified first feed. The purified first feed and at least part of the second feed are then contacted with an alkylation catalyst composition under alkylation conditions effective to convert at least part of the alkylatable aromatic compound in the purified first feed to the desired alkylaromatic compound and produce an alkylation effluent.

    Isotopocule analysis of hydrocarbon contamination

    公开(公告)号:US11906503B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-20

    申请号:US17304974

    申请日:2021-06-29

    CPC classification number: G01N33/2835 B01D15/08 G01N21/39 G01N27/62

    Abstract: Methods for identifying hydrocarbon contamination sources may include fingerprinting hydrocarbons using isotopocule analyses for BTEX compounds. For example, methods for identifying hydrocarbon contamination sources may comprise: extracting BTEX compounds from a sample; measuring the isotopocule composition of the BTEX compounds; and determining a characteristic of the sample based on the isotopocule composition. Such characteristics may include, but are not limited to, the characteristic of the sample comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of: a source of the sample, a condition at which the sample formed or was last equilibrated, a migration time from a source to a sample location, weathering of the sample, and degree to which the sample is anthropogenic and naturally-occurring.

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