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Process for isolating and recovering butene-1 of high purity
Assignee: Eneos Corp
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Filing: 1984-05-10
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Granted: 1987-02-24
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Expires: 2004-05-10
Abstract
Abstract This invention provides a process for isolating and recovering butene-1 of high purity at high yield. Firstly, a butane-butene fraction containing 0.1 to 7 wt % of isobutylene, 10 to 50 wt % of butene-1 and 5 to 20 wt % of isobutane is rectified to reduce the content of isobutane to not more than 0.1 wt %. Then, the rectified butane-butene fraction is passed through a reactor packed with an extrusion molded silica-alumina catalyst to polymerize isobutylene at a reaction velocity as high as 50 times or more of that of butene-1, thus forming oligomers of isobutylene. Finally, the hydrocarbon mixture from the reactor is rectified to remove the oligomers of isobutylene and the other C 4 -hydrocarbons.
Inventors
- 👤 Tetsuya Takezono
- 👤 Takaaki Amari
- 👤 Hirosuke Imai
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-04 10:55
CPC Classifications
C; C07; C07C; C07C7/00; C07C7/005; C07C7/148; C07C7/177; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S203/00; Y10S203/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
188 words
A process for isolating and recovering butene-1 of high purity at a high yield, comprising the steps of: subjecting a butane-butene fraction containing 0.1 to 7 wt% of isobutylene, 10 to 50 wt% of butene-1 and 5 to 20 wt% of isobutane to rectification to obtain a rectified butane-butene fraction having a reduced isobutane content of not more than 0.1 wt%; continuously passing said rectified butane-butene fraction through a reactor packed with an extrusion molded silica-alumina catalyst at a temperature of from 0° C. to 100° C. and at a space velocity of liquid of from 0.1 to 100 hr -1 under a pressure of from 1 to 50 atm. to polymerize isobutylene at a reaction velocity at least 50 times that of butene-1 to form oligomers of isobutylene in a hydrocarbon mixture, said extrusion molded silica-alumina catalyst having a surface area of 300 to 450 m 2 /g, a pore volume per unit weight of 0.6 to 0.9 ml/g and an alumina content of 20 to 50 wt%; and rectifying the hydrocarbon mixture containing said oligomers and butane-butene to isolate butene-1 from the other C 4 -hydrocarbons.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
188 words
A process for isolating and recovering butene-1 of high purity at a high yield, comprising the steps of: subjecting a butane-butene fraction containing 0.1 to 7 wt% of isobutylene, 10 to 50 wt% of butene-1 and 5 to 20 wt% of isobutane to rectification to obtain a rectified butane-butene fraction having a reduced isobutane content of not more than 0.1 wt%; continuously passing said rectified butane-butene fraction through a reactor packed with an extrusion molded silica-alumina catalyst at a temperature of from 0° C. to 100° C. and at a space velocity of liquid of from 0.1 to 100 hr -1 under a pressure of from 1 to 50 atm. to polymerize isobutylene at a reaction velocity at least 50 times that of butene-1 to form oligomers of isobutylene in a hydrocarbon mixture, said extrusion molded silica-alumina catalyst having a surface area of 300 to 450 m 2 /g, a pore volume per unit weight of 0.6 to 0.9 ml/g and an alumina content of 20 to 50 wt%; and rectifying the hydrocarbon mixture containing said oligomers and butane-butene to isolate butene-1 from the other C 4 -hydrocarbons.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
92 words
The process for isolating and recovering butene-1 according to claim 1, wherein said butane-butene fraction containing 0.1 to 7 wt% of isobutylene, 10 to 50 wt% of butene-1 and 5 to 20 wt% of isobutane is a mixture of unreacted C 4 -hydrocarbons obtained at a step of preparing a liquid or semi-solid polymer by polymerizing a mixture of starting C 4 -hydrocarbons in the presence of an aluminum chloride catalyst, said starting C 4 -hydrocarbons being those which are obtained by cracking petroleum and from which butadiene is separated and removed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
90 words
The process for isolating and recovering butene-1 according to claim 1, wherein said butane-butene fraction containing 0.1 to 7 wt% of isobutylene, 10 to 50 wt% of butene-1 and 5 to 20 wt% of isobutane is a mixture of unreacted C 4 -hydrocarbons obtained at a step of preparing tert-butyl alcohol by reacting a mixture of starting C 4 -hydrocarbons with water in the presence of an acidic catalyst, said starting C 4 -hydrocarbons being those which are obtained by cracking petroleum and from which butadiene is separated and removed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process for isolating and recovering butene-1 according to claim 1, wherein said extrusion molded silica-alumina catalyst is prepared from a silica-alumina paste.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process for isolating and recovering butene-1 according to claim 4, wherein said silica-alumina paste is prepared by adding water to a silica-alumina powder.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The process for isolating and recovering butene-1 according to claim 4, wherein said extrusion molded silica-alumina catalyst is baked at a temperature of higher than 400° C. in air or steam.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
64 words
The process for isolating and recovering butene-1 according to claim 1, wherein said rectified butane-butene fraction contains 2 to 7 wt% of isobutylene and wherein said reactor consists of first and second reactors and part of the effluent from the first reactor is fed to the second reactor whereas the remainder of the effluent from the first reactor is recirculated to the first reactor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
The process for isolating and recovering butene-1 according to claim 7, wherein said remainder of the effluent recirculated to said first reactor is 1 to 15 times by weight the amount passed to said second reactor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
The process for isolating and recovering butene-1 according to claim 8, wherein said remainder of the effluent recirculated to said first reactor is 3 to 7 times by weight the amount passed to said second reactor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
The process for isolating and recovering butene-1 according to claim 7, wherein the conversion rate of isobutylene to oligomers thereof in said first reactor is controlled to 70 to 90 wt%, the unreacted isobutylene being oligomerized in said second reactor.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process for isolating and recovering butene-1 according to claim 10, wherein said second reactor is operated in one pass fashion.
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