Conversion of olefins by catalytic distillation
US5362377A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 13, 1993 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 13, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S203/06
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Ethers suitable for use as high octane oxygenate additives for motor fuels are produced by a catalytic distillation process wherein a mixture of C.sub.4 -plus isoolefin(s) and an alcohol are recovered from a catalytic distillation zone as an overhead stream and charged to a packed liquid-phase reaction zone containing an etherification catalyst before being recycled to one or more portions of the overall catalytic distillation zone. The process is useful in the coprocessing of a mixture of isobutylene and isoamylene and in other hydrocarbon conversion processes such as hydration and alkylation.
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