Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series – Organic compounds – Oxygen containing
Patent
1994-09-16
1996-07-16
Dees, Jose G.
Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Organic compounds
Oxygen containing
C07C 4106
Patent
active
055368867
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a process for preparing tertiary alkyl ethers. According to the process the feedstock containing hydrocarbons is fed to a catalytic distillation reactor system, in which the isoolefines, in particular the C.sub.4 to C.sub.7 isoolefines, of the feed are reacted with an alkanol in the presence of a cation exchange resin in order to produce tertiary alkyl ether products. The reaction product containing the ethers is removed from the distillation system as the bottoms product and, if necessary, it is subjected to an additional treatment for producing a gasoline component. The unreacted alkanol is removed as the overhead product of the distillation. According to the invention, the distillate withdrawn mainly contains an azeotrope of C.sub.4 hydrocarbons and alkanol, the C.sub.4 amount of which at least approximately corresponds to the C.sub.4 hydrocarbon concentration of the hydrocarbon feed, a substantial amount of the unreacted alkanol being removed in the form of said azeotrope. By means of the invention the need for a separate alkanol washing unit is eliminated in the apparatus which considerably reduces apparatus investment costs.
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Aittamaa Juhani
Jakkula Juha
Tamminen Esa
Dees Jos,e G.
Neste Oy
Williams Rosalind A.
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