摘要:
This application relates to a composite solvent for separating aromatics by extractive distillation, comprising a main solvent, a solutizer and a modifier. Said solutizer is selected from any one or mixtures of any two of C8-C11 aromatics having different number of carbon atoms, the content of which is 3-39 wt %, and the number of carbon atoms of the lowest aromatic in the solutizer should be greater than that of the highest aromatic in the aromatics to be separated. When the solutizer is selected from any one of C8-C11 aromatics, the composite solvent contains 0.01-10.0 wt % of the modifier; when the solutizer is selected from mixtures of any two of C8-C11 aromatics having different number of carbon atoms, the composite solvent contains 0-10.0 wt % of the modifier. Said main solvent and modifier are independently selected from sulfolane derivatives, N-formyl morpholine, and N-methyl pyrrolidone, provided that the acidity and basicity of the modifier are opposite to those of the main solvent. When the composite solvent is used to recover aromatics by extractive distillation, it is possible to moderate the operation conditions of solvent recovery, increase the yield of aromatics, and make the separated aromatics to be neutral.
摘要:
A process for separating a feed mixture comprising at least one aromatic hydrocarbon and at least one non-aromatic hydrocarbon by extractive distillation (ED) utilizing a solvent mixture comprising sulfolane and at least one co-solvent. The co-solvent is an alkyl sulfolane having from 4 to 8 carbon atoms per molecule. The solvent mixture is added to the top of the ED column, and the feed mixture is added at a point on the ED column that is lower than the point where the solvent mixture is added. Extractive distillation is performed, and the aromatic and non-aromatic hydrocarbons are separated.
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The impurity content, e.g. propionitrile, in a fraction containing C5 or C6 tertiary olefins obtained by cracking hydrocarbons is reduced by distilling with an alkanol and removing the impurity as a higher boiling point fraction.
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Disclosed is a process for separating at least one cycloalkane containing 5-10 carbon atoms per molecule from at least one close-boiling alkane by extractive distillation of a feed consisting essentially of said at least one cycloalkane and said at least one alkane, the improvement comprising the use of certain pyrrolidones, certain morpholines, sulfoxides, sulfolanes, glycol compounds, or mixtures thereof, and optionally water; wherein said extractive distillation process produces (i) an overhead distillate product which contains a smaller volume percentage of said at least one cycloalkane and a larger volume percentage of said at least one alkane than said feed, and (ii) a bottoms product which contains said solvent and a larger volume percentage of said at least one cycloalkane and a smaller volume percentage of said at least one alkane than said feed; and wherein said at least one cycloalkane is separated from said solvent and recovered from said bottoms product.
摘要:
An extractive distillation process for separating at least one substituted unsaturated aromatic from a pyrolysis gasoline mixture, containing said aromatic and at least one close-boiling aromatic or non-aromatic hydrocarbon, employing a two part extractive solvent, the first part selected from propylene carbonate, sulfolane (tetramethylene sulfone), methyl carbitol, 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone, 2-pyrrolidinone and mixtures thereof, and the second portion consisting of water.
摘要:
The process for separating an aromatic from an entry hydrocarbon mixture also containing nonaromatics, by an extractive distillation method using an extractive distillation column with a selective solvent consisting essentially of an N-substituted Morpholine having substituents each of which contain no more than seven carbon atoms, includes distilling off the nonaromatics from the top of the extractive distillation column as a top product, drawing the aromatic and selective solvent from the extractive distillation column and subsequently separating the selective solvent from the aromatic in a separator column. The extractive distillation column is provided with an additional column portion for separation of a selective solvent residue from the separated nonaromatics without a separate top product distillation column. The hydrocarbon entry mixture is heated prior to admission to the extractive distillation column by an indirect heat exchange with selective solvent drawn from the separator column and heated to a temperature of from 130.degree. to 150.degree. C. to form a heated entry hydrocarbon mixture.
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An azeotropic distillation method for separating diamondoids from a near-boiling solvent. The method is particularly useful for recovering diamondoids extracted from a produced natural gas stream via hydrocarbon solvent injection.
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A process for separating a butene-1/isobutene mixture from a C.sub.4 hydrocarbon fraction is provided which comprises subjecting the C.sub.4 hydrocarbon fraction to extractive distillation using a polar solvent to separate components predominantly containing 1,3-butadiene as an extract and obtain an overhead containing butanes, butene-1, isobutene and butene-2 as main components and being substantially free from C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 diolefinic and acetylenic hydrocarbons, feeding the overhead into a first distillation column, removing isobutane as an overhead component from the first distillation column, feeding high-boiling components from the bottom of the first distillation column to a second distillation column, removing n-butane and butene-2 from the bottom of the second distillation column, and obtaining highly pure butene-1 and isobutene from its top. When isobutene contained in the overhead in the above process is removed in the form of tertiary butyl alcohol or tertiary butyl ether before it is fed into the first distillation column, highly pure butene-1 alone is obtained from the top of the second distillation column.
摘要:
A vapor-liquid extractive distillation process utilizing a dialkyl sulfone containing 4 to 8 carbon atoms per molecule and at least one percent water as the solvent. The process according to this invention is of particular applicability in separating aromatics from nonaromatics in a BTX stream. The solvent system operates particularly well with relatively large amounts of water.
摘要:
In a process of extractive distillation, the combination of operating with two liquid phases in at least the uppermost trays of the column, preferably while maintaining the column operation at substantially an optimum reflux ratio, results in increased efficiencies and minimum requirements for selective solvent.