Abstract 1. IN A PROCESS FOR ALKYLATING A PARAFFINIC HYDROCARBON WITH AN OLEFIN BETWEEN CONTACTING FIRST AND SECOND IMMISCRIBE LIQUIDS IN WHICH SAID FIRST LIQUID COMPRISES AN ACID CATALYST SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF H2SO4 AND HF IN EXCESS OF 90% CONCENTRATION, AND SAID SECOND LIQUID COMPRISES A MIXTURE OF A PARAFFINIC HYDROCARBON AND AN OLEFIN, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: (A) INTRODUCING SAID FIRST LIQUID ONTO AN UPSTREAM SURFACE PORTION OF A PLURALITY OF FIBERS EXTENDIG GENERALLY LINEARLY ALONG AND SECURED IN A CONDUIT, SAID FIBERS FILLING THE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE CONDUIT''S LENGTH AND SAID FIBERS BEING WETTED BY SAID FIRST LIQUID PREFERENTIALLY TO BEING WETTED BY SAID SECOND LIQUID, (B) FLOWING SAID SECOND LIQUID THROUGH SAID CONDUIT AND PAST SAID FIBERS IN THE DIRECTION FROM SAID UPSTREAM SURFACE PORTION OF SAID FIBERS TOWARD A DOWNSTREAM END OF SAID FIBERS THEREBY DRAGGING A FILM OF SAID FIRST LIQUID ALONG SAID FIBERS TO FORM AN ALKYLATE PRODUCT, (C) COLLECTING SAID FIRST LIQUID AND SAID SECOND LIQUID AT THE DOWNSTREAM END OF SAID FIBERS IN A GRAVITY SEPARATOR LOCATED APPROXIMATELY SAID DOWNSTREAM END OF SAID FIBERS TO FORM A ACID PHASE AND A HYDROCARBON PHASE INCLUDING SAID ALKALATE PRODUCT, AND (D) SEPARATELY REMOVING SAID ACID PHASE AND SAID HYDROCARBON PHASE FROM SAID GRAVITY SEPARATOR.
IN A PROCESS FOR ALKYLATING A PARAFFINIC HYDROCARBON WITH AN OLEFIN BETWEEN CONTACTING FIRST AND SECOND IMMISCRIBE LIQUIDS IN WHICH SAID FIRST LIQUID COMPRISES AN ACID CATALYST SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF H2SO4 AND HF IN EXCESS OF 90% CONCENTRATION, AND SAID SECOND LIQUID COMPRISES A MIXTURE OF A PARAFFINIC HYDROCARBON AND AN OLEFIN, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: (A) INTRODUCING SAID FIRST LIQUID ONTO AN UPSTREAM SURFACE PORTION OF A PLURALITY OF FIBERS EXTENDIG GENERALLY LINEARLY ALONG AND SECURED IN A CONDUIT, SAID FIBERS FILLING THE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE CONDUIT''S LENGTH AND SAID FIBERS BEING WETTED BY SAID FIRST LIQUID PREFERENTIALLY TO BEING WETTED BY SAID SECOND LIQUID, (B) FLOWING SAID SECOND LIQUID THROUGH SAID CONDUIT AND PAST SAID FIBERS IN THE DIRECTION FROM SAID UPSTREAM SURFACE PORTION OF SAID FIBERS TOWARD A DOWNSTREAM END OF SAID FIBERS THEREBY DRAGGING A FILM OF SAID FIRST LIQUID ALONG SAID FIBERS TO FORM AN ALKYLATE PRODUCT, (C) COLLECTING SAID FIRST LIQUID AND SAID SECOND LIQUID AT THE DOWNSTREAM END OF SAID FIBERS IN A GRAVITY SEPARATOR LOCATED APPROXIMATELY SAID DOWNSTREAM END
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IN A PROCESS FOR ALKYLATING A PARAFFINIC HYDROCARBON WITH AN OLEFIN BETWEEN CONTACTING FIRST AND SECOND IMMISCRIBE LIQUIDS IN WHICH SAID FIRST LIQUID COMPRISES AN ACID CATALYST SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF H2SO4 AND HF IN EXCESS OF 90% CONCENTRATION, AND SAID SECOND LIQUID COMPRISES A MIXTURE OF A PARAFFINIC HYDROCARBON AND AN OLEFIN, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: (A) INTRODUCING SAID FIRST LIQUID ONTO AN UPSTREAM SURFACE PORTION OF A PLURALITY OF FIBERS EXTENDIG GENERALLY LINEARLY ALONG AND SECURED IN A CONDUIT, SAID FIBERS FILLING THE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE CONDUIT''S LENGTH AND SAID FIBERS BEING WETTED BY SAID FIRST LIQUID PREFERENTIALLY TO BEING WETTED BY SAID SECOND LIQUID, (B) FLOWING SAID SECOND LIQUID THROUGH SAID CONDUIT AND PAST SAID FIBERS IN THE DIRECTION FROM SAID UPSTREAM SURFACE PORTION OF SAID FIBERS TOWARD A DOWNSTREAM END OF SAID FIBERS THEREBY DRAGGING A FILM OF SAID FIRST LIQUID ALONG SAID FIBERS TO FORM AN ALKYLATE PRODUCT, (C) COLLECTING SAID FIRST LIQUID AND SAID SECOND LIQUID AT THE DOWNSTREAM END OF SAID FIBERS IN A GRAVITY SEPARATOR LOCATED APPROXIMATELY SAID DOWNSTREAM END