Recycle for process for purification of linear paraffins
US5171923A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 23, 1990 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC10G25/00
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for purifying linear paraffins in which a hydrocarbon feedstream containing linear paraffins contaminated with aromatics, sulfur-, nitrogen-, and oxygen-containing compounds, and color bodies, and also containing up to about 5 wt % desorbent from effluent recycle, is contacted with a solid adsorbent such as a NaX zeolite or zeolite MgY; after adsorption the adsorbent is desorbed with an alkyl-substituted aromatic desorbent, such as toluene. As the adsorent bed is being desorbed, the initial effluent from the adsorption cycle will contain levels of desorbent and may be recycled to the hydrocarbon feedstream. Previous to the removal of impurities from the adsorbent by desorption, the desorbent displaces interstitial linear paraffins which are also recycled to the hydrocarbon feedstream.
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