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Purification of a hydrocarbon feedstock using a zeolite adsorbent

US5220099A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 1988
Grant dateJun 15, 1993
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC10G25/03
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for purifying linear paraffins in which a hydrocarbon stream containing linear paraffins contaminated with aromatics, sulfur-, nitrogen-, and oxygen-containing compounds, and color bodies, but essentially free of olefins, is contacted with a zeolitic solid adsorbent such as a NaX zeolite or zeolite MgY. After adsorption the zeolitic solid adsorbent is desorbed with an alkyl-substituted aromatic desorbent such as toluene.

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