Process for the production of alkylaromatic hydrocarbons using solid catalysts
US5012021A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 18, 1990 |
| Grant date | Apr 30, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/582
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An improved process for the production of alkylaromatic hydrocarbons is disclosed. Paraffinic hydrocarbons are dehydrogenated to yield an olefin-containing stream, which is later charged to an alkylation zone for reaction with an aromatic hydrocarbon in the presence of a solid alkylation catalyst. The olefin-containing stream is first passed through a selective hydrogenation zone in which diolefins are converted to monoolefins by contact with a selective catalyst. This increases the yield and the quality of the product alkylate by greatly reducing the production of biphenyl compounds and oligomers in the alkylation zone. Process efficiency is improved by passing unconverted paraffinic and monoolefinic hydrocarbons from the alkylation zone through another hydrogenation zone for the saturation of monoolefinic hydrocarbons and recycling the saturated stream to the dehydrogenation zone. The use of a solid alkylation catalyst can also allow the selective hydrogenation zone to be located downstream of the stripper for the dehydrogenation zone so that the effluent from the selective hydrogenation zone discharges directly into the alkylation zone.
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