摘要:
A process for the distillative separation of ethylbenzene from a mixture comprising ethylbenzene and at least one other C8 aromatic compound, comprising introducing a feed stream comprising said mixture into a first distillation column, introducing a first stream comprising a heavy solvent above the feed stream into the first distillation column, introducing an aqueous stream below the feed stream into the first distillation column.
摘要:
Alkylation systems and methods of minimizing alkylation catalyst regeneration are described herein. The alkylation systems generally include a preliminary alkylation system adapted to receive an input stream including an alkyl aromatic hydrocarbon and contact the input stream with a preliminary alkylation catalyst disposed therein to form a first output stream. The preliminary alkylation catalyst generally includes a zeolite catalyst having a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of less than about 25. The alkylation systems further include a first alkylation system adapted to receive the first output stream and contact the first output stream with a first alkylation catalyst disposed therein and an alkylating agent to form a second output stream.
摘要翻译:本文描述了使烷基化催化剂再生最小化的烷基化系统和方法。 烷基化系统通常包括适于接收包含烷基芳族烃的输入流并将输入流与设置在其中的预置烷基化催化剂接触以形成第一输出流的初步烷基化系统。 初步烷基化催化剂通常包括SiO 2 / Al 2 O 3比小于约25的沸石催化剂。烷基化系统还包括适于接收第一输出流并将第一输出流与置于其中的第一烷基化催化剂接触的第一烷基化系统 和烷基化剂以形成第二输出流。
摘要:
A process for producing propylene is provided which includes directing an ethylene stream from an ethylene reaction zone to a propylene reaction zone; directing a butene stream to the propylene reaction zone; reacting the ethylene stream with the butene stream in the propylene reaction zone to produce a propylene reaction stream; and subjecting the propylene reaction stream to a recovery operation to recover propylene. A processes is also provided for producing an alkylaromatic by directing an ethylene stream from a propylene reaction zone to an alkylaromatic reaction zone; directing an aromatic stream to the alkylaromatic reaction zone; reacting the ethylene stream with the aromatic stream in the alkylaromatic reaction zone to produce an alkylaromatic reaction stream; and subjecting the alkylaromatic reaction stream to a recovery operation to recover alkylaromatics. A process for producing propylene and an alkylaromatic is also provided.
摘要:
This cumene process involves contacting, in an alkylation zone, a first benzene recycle stream and a propylene feed stream with an alkylation catalyst to form cumene. In a transalkylation zone, a polyisopropyl benzene recycle stream and a second benzene recycle stream are contacted with a transalkylation catalyst to form additional cumene. The effluents are passed into a dividing wall distillation column. A cumene stream is removed from an intermediate point of the dividing wall fractionation column; a first benzene recycle stream is removed from a first end and a heavy aromatics stream is removed from a second end. A second benzene recycle stream is removed from an intermediate point located between the first end and the cumene stream. A polyisopropyl benzene stream is removed from an intermediate point of located between the second end and the cumene stream.
摘要:
This cumene process involves contacting, in an alkylation zone, a first benzene recycle stream and a propylene feed stream with an alkylation catalyst to form cumene. In a transalkylation zone, a polyisopropylbenzene recycle stream and a second benzene recycle stream are contacted with a transalkylation catalyst to form additional cumene. The effluents are passed into a benzene distillation column. From the benzene distillation column, a first benzene recycle stream is removed as overhead; a second benzene recycle stream is removed as a side draw; and a bottoms stream comprising polyisopropylbenzene, cumene, and heavy aromatics is removed from an end. The bottoms stream is passed to a dividing wall distillation column where the polyisopropylbenzene recycle stream is removed from an intermediate point; a cumene product stream is removed from a first end, and a heavy aromatic stream is removed from a second end.
摘要:
A process for separating mixtures of hydrocarbon isomers on molecular sieves, including providing columns which include molecular sieves and function alternatively as secondary adsorption, primary adsorption, and desorption devices, feeding the mixtures of hydrocarbon isomers to a column functioning as the primary adsorption device for adsorbing isomers with greater selectivity towards the molecular sieves, feeding effluent of the mixtures from the column functioning as the primary adsorption device to a column functioning as the secondary adsorption device for adsorbing remaining isomers with greater selectivity, discharging isomers with a lower selectivity from the column functioning as the secondary adsorption device and a desorbing agent therein, feeding a desorbing agent to the column functioning as the desorption device, discharging isomers with a greater selectivity towards the molecular sieves and the desorbing agent in the column functioning as the desorption device.
摘要:
Improved integrated processes for the production of alkyl aromatic compounds are disclosed wherein aromatic compounds which may be treated for removal of deleterious substances are reacted with olefin compounds, which may also be treated for contaminant removal, in the presence of acidic zeolite catalyst(s) to produce the desired alkyl aromatic compound(s). The aromatic and preferably also the olefin feeds are treated substantially to remove contaminants, particularly the nitrogen compounds contained therein, before they are brought together for reaction in the presence of the zeolite catalyst(s). In accordance with the present invention, it has been found that feed pretreatment for removal of nitrogen compounds significantly improves the run length and life of the acidic zeolite catalyst(s). The feed pretreatment of this invention may include the steps of distillation, extraction, and/or adsorption by solid adsorbent, which may be regenerated in accordance with further embodiments of this invention.
摘要:
The present invention provides a process for regenerating a spent aromatics alkylation or transalkylation catalyst comprising a molecular sieve by contacting the spent catalyst with an oxygen-containing gas at a temperature of about 120 to about 600° C. and then contacting the catalyst with an aqueous medium, such as an ammonium nitrate solution, an ammonium carbonate solution or an acid solution.
摘要:
The invention provides a process for the alkylation of an aromatics compound with a olefin alkylation agent which comprises contacting the aromatic compound, especially benzene, with the alkylation agent, especially ethylene and/or propylene, in the presence of an oxide material which is delayered MWW-type zeolitic material, very suitably the material known as ITQ-2.
摘要:
A process for producing alkyl aromatics using a transalkylation reaction zone and an alkylation reaction zone is disclosed. The transalkylation reaction zone effluent passes to the alkylation reaction zone where aromatics in the transalkylation reaction zone effluent are alkylated to the desired alkyl aromatics. This process decreases the capital and operating costs of recycling the aromatics in the transalkylation reaction zone effluent. This process is well suited for solid transalkylation and alkylation catalysts. Ethylbenzene and cumene may be produced by this process.