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Hydrogenation process comprising a catalytic distillation zone comprising a reaction zone with distribution of hydrogen

US6084141A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 17, 1998
Grant dateJul 4, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S203/06
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention concerns a reactive distillation process comprising a distillation zone, associated with a reaction zone which is at least in part internal to said distillation zone and comprises at least one catalytic bed in which the feed is transformed in the presence of a catalyst and at least one gas stream containing hydrogen, characterized in that each catalytic bed in the internal portion of said reaction zone is traversed by said gas stream and liquid in ascending co-current mode. The invention particularly concerns selective hydrogenation processes for light unsaturated hydrocarbons, mainly any olefins and benzene, comprised in a mixture, the major portion of which is constituted by hydrocarbons containing at least five carbon atoms per molecule.

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