摘要:
An apparatus and a method for rapidly generating a plurality of isolated effluents have been developed. A specific embodiment involves screening a plurality of solids through simultaneously contacting the members of the plurality with a fluid, simultaneously sampling the resulting fluids, and processing the resulting fluids to, for example, determine changes as compared to the feed fluid or as compared to other resulting fluids.
摘要:
An apparatus and a method for rapidly generating a plurality of isolated effluents have been developed. A specific embodiment involves screening a plurality of solids through simultaneously contacting the members of the plurality with a fluid, simultaneously sampling the resulting fluids, and processing the resulting fluids to, for example, determine changes as compared to the feed fluid or as compared to other resulting fluids.
摘要:
A process for separating meta-xylene from a mixture containing meta-xylene, para-xylene, and ortho-xylene has been developed. The process involves contacting the mixture with zeolite Beta to effect the adsorption of the para-xylene, ortho-xylene, and ethylbenzene in preference to the meta-xylene and recovering the meta-xylene.
摘要:
A process for the transalkylation of benzene, toluene and alkylaromatic hydrocarbons containing nine and ten carbon atoms form alkylaromatic hydrocarbons containing eight carbon atoms has been developed. The fixed bed reaction and adsorption zone contains a transalkylation catalyst and an adsorbent effective to selectively adsorb C.sub.9 and C.sub.10 alkylaromatic hydrocarbon reactants relative to the C.sub.8 alkylaromatic hydrocarbon products. Hydrogen and a desorbent are introduced to a first portion of the zone and an effluent containing at least one C.sub.8 alkylaromatic hydrocarbon product is withdrawn from a second portion of the zone. After a period of time, the desorbent is redirected to the second portion of the zone and concurrently the effluent containing at least one C.sub.8 alkylaromatic hydrocarbon product is withdrawn from the first portion of the zone. The alternation of introducing the desorbent to a first portion and then a second portion of the zone while concurrently withdrawing the effluent from the second portion and then the first portion of the zone is continued, thereby retaining the C.sub.9 and C.sub.10 alkylaromatic hydrocarbons within the zone until they are consumed.
摘要:
A process for producing at least one C.sub.8 alkylaromatic hydrocarbon product from a feedstock containing at least one C.sub.9 or C.sub.10 alkylaromatic hydrocarbon reactant using simulated moving bed reactive chromatography has been developed. At least a portion of the reactants are transalkylated to form at least one product in a zone of the simulated moving bed with concurrent separation of at least one alkylaromatic hydrocarbon using the adsorbent. The adsorbed alkylaromatic hydrocarbon is desorbed from the adsorbent in a subsequent zone of the simulated moving bed and the transalkylation of the reactants with concurrent separation of at least one alkylaromatic hydrocarbon using the adsorbent is continued.
摘要:
A process for the continuous isomerization of an alkane to produce an isomerized product through contacting the alkane with a simulated moving bed acting as a catalyst for isomerization and an adsorbent for the alkanes has been developed. The alkane may be n-butane and the isomerized product 2-methylpropane, the alkane may be n-pentane and the isomerized product 2-methylbutane or 2,2-dimethylpropane, the alkane may have from 6 up to about 8 carbon atoms with no more than one methyl branch and the isomerized product having the same number of carbon atoms and at least two methyl branches, or the reactant may be a mixture of the foregoing alkanes with the corresponding isomerized products being formed. In a zone of the simulated moving bed, the alkanes are catalytically isomerized to form the isomerized products. The unreacted alkanes are adsorbed, and the isomerized products are collected. In a first subsequent zone of the simulated moving bed, a large portion of the unreacted alkanes are desorbed using a desorbent. In a second subsequent zone of the simulated moving bed, residual adsorbed alkanes are desorbed using a mixture of desorbent and isomerized products, and the desorbed residual alkanes may be removed from the simulated moving bed or may be reacted to form additional isomerized products. The isomerized products are removed from the simulated moving bed and collected. The process may also be used to effect other chemical reactions with the concurrent separation of product.
摘要:
An apparatus and a method for rapidly generating and processing a plurality of isolated effluents have been developed. A specific embodiment involves screening a plurality of solids through simultaneously contacting the members of the plurality with a fluid, sequentially sampling the resulting fluids, and processing the resulting fluids to, for example, determine changes as compared to the feed fluid or as compared to other resulting fluids.
摘要:
An improved process is disclosed for the selective transalkylation of toluene and, optionally, of C9 aromatics. The process preferably uses a bound sulfated zirconia catalyst to provide improved selectivity for the production of xylenes.
摘要:
A process to isomerize at least one normal or mono-methyl-branched alkane containing from about 6 to about 8 carbon atoms to form at least one multi-methyl-branched alkane has been developed. The normal or mono-methyl-branched alkane is introduced to a reaction and adsorption zone operating under conditions effective to isomerize the normal or mono-methyl-branched alkane and containing a catalyst effective to isomerize the normal or mono-methyl-branched alkane and an adsorbent effective to selectively adsorb normal and mono-methyl-branched alkanes relative to multi-methyl-branched alkanes. Hydrogen and a desorbent comprising at least one alkane having from about 4 to about 8 carbon atoms is introduced to a first portion of the reaction and adsorption zone and an effluent containing at least one multi-methyl-branched alkane is withdrawn from a second portion of the reaction and adsorption zone. After a period of time, the desorbent is redirected to the second portion of the reaction and adsorption zone and concurrently the effluent containing at least one multi-methyl-branched alkane is withdrawn from the first portion of the reaction and adsorption zone. The alternation of introducing the desorbent to a first portion and then a second portion of the reaction and adsorption zone while concurrently withdrawing the effluent from the second portion and then the first portion of the reaction and adsorption zone is continued.
摘要:
A process for isomerizing a mixture of alkanes containing pentanes and at least one alkane having from 6 to about 8 carbon atoms and no more than one methyl branch has been developed. The process includes: 1) separating the mixture in a first separation zone to produce two streams, a stream enriched in alkanes having from 6 to about 8 carbon atoms and a stream enriched in pentanes; 2) separating the stream enriched in pentanes in a second separation zone to produce two streams, a stream predominately comprising n-pentane and a stream predominately comprising branched pentanes; 3) passing the stream enriched in alkanes having from 6 to about 8 carbon atoms and the stream enriched in n-pentane to an isomerization zone of a simulated moving bed to produce two streams, a stream containing branched pentanes, n-pentane, and multi-methyl-branched alkanes having from 6 to about 8 carbon atoms, and a stream containing branched pentanes and n-pentane; 4) separating the stream containing branched pentanes, n-pentane, and multi-methyl-branched alkanes having from 6 to about 8 carbon atoms in a third separation zone to produce two streams, a stream enriched in multi-methyl-branched alkanes having from 6 to about 8 carbon atoms and a stream enriched in branched pentanes and n-pentane; and 5) collecting the stream predominately comprising branched pentanes from the second separation zone and the stream enriched in multi-methyl-branched alkanes having from 6 to about 8 carbon atoms from the third separation zone. The catalyst used in the simulated moving bed may be platinum on tungstated zirconia and the adsorbent used in the simulated moving bed may be one or more of the following adsorbents, zeolite beta exchanged with sodium, lithium, potassium, barium, calcium, strontium or combinations thereof, zeolite X exchanged with calcium and strontium, mordenite exchanged with sodium, lithium, potassium, barium, calcium, strontium, or combinations thereof, EU-1, ZSM-12, SAPO-5, Y-82, faujasite and erionite.