Mineral oils: processes and products – Chemical conversion of hydrocarbons – Plural serial stages of chemical conversion
Patent
1976-07-16
1978-09-19
Davis, C.
Mineral oils: processes and products
Chemical conversion of hydrocarbons
Plural serial stages of chemical conversion
208 96, 260672R, 260674SE, C10G 3518, C07C 358
Patent
active
041152476
ABSTRACT:
A process for converting a naphtha feedstock to a pure benzene including the steps of: reforming the naphtha; removing a major fraction of C.sub.4 - C.sub.5 and heavy reformate components to obtain a reformate containing a major portion of C.sub.6 - C.sub.8 aromatic hydrocarbons and an associated saturated portion; extracting the aromatic hydrocarbons from the reformate countercurrently in a simplified process with a selective hydrophilic solvent, such as sulfolane, having high solubility for aromatic hydrocarbons and low solubility for paraffinic hydrocarbons to obtain an extract stream rich in C.sub.6 - C.sub.8 aromatic hydrocarbons and a raffinate stream rich in paraffinic hydrocarbons; and recovering the selective solvent from the extract stream to obtain an aromatic component comprising a major C.sub.6 - C.sub.8 aromatic hydrocarbons and about 3 to 18 wt. % paraffinic hydrocarbon impurity. The paraffinic impurity is removed and alkyl benzenes are converted by hydrodealkylating the aromatic component to recover substantially pure benzene.
A feature of the simplified extraction process provides for low energy consumption because no stream rich in paraffin is recycled to the solvents extraction unit, thus eliminating the need for stripping the paraffinic impurity from the aromatic component prior to dealkylation.
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Lambert Glen I.
Lehman Leon M.
Davis C.
Hydrocarbon Research Inc.
Jacobs Michael A.
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