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Production of gasoline from light olefins in a fluidized catalyst reactor system

US5034565A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 26, 1988
Grant dateJul 23, 1991
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC10G69/126
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A improved process is provided for upgrading light olefins from hydrocarbon cracking, such as light crackate gas containing ethene, propene and other C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 lower aliphatics. The process comprises the steps of: maintaining an oligomerization reactor containing a fluidized bed of zeolite catalyst particles in a low severity reactor bed at oligomerization temperature conditions by passing hot olefinic gas upwardly through the fluidized catalyst bed under throughput rate conditions sufficient to convert at least 50 wt % of lower olefins to hydrocarbons in the C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 range; maintaining turbulent fluidized bed conditions through the fluidized bed by passing fresh ethene-rich feedstream gas upwardly through the fluidized catalyst bed and adding thereto sufficient recycled light byproduct gas to maintain a minimum gas velocity; cooling reaction effluent from the conversion zone to provide light gas byproduct and liquid hydrocarbon reaction product rich in C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 hydrocarbons; and recycling sufficient light byproduct gas recovered from effluent or maintaining turbulent regime gas velocity in the fluidized bed.

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