EP1640437A1 - Préparation de composants de carburant - Google Patents

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EP1640437A1
EP1640437A1 EP05396013A EP05396013A EP1640437A1 EP 1640437 A1 EP1640437 A1 EP 1640437A1 EP 05396013 A EP05396013 A EP 05396013A EP 05396013 A EP05396013 A EP 05396013A EP 1640437 A1 EP1640437 A1 EP 1640437A1
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Matti Koskinen
Petri Lindqvist
Harri JÄRVELIN
Veli-Matti Purola
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  • the present invention relates to the preparation of fuel components.
  • the invention concerns a process for dimerizing and etherifying isoolefins in a reactor train system comprising, in a cascade, a primary reaction zone, a primary distillation zone, a secondary reaction zone and a secondary distillation zone.
  • Tertiary alkyl ethers are added to automotive fuels (gasoline) in order to improve the antiknocking characteristics of the fuels without using organolead compounds and in order to reduce the concentration of detrimental components in the exhaust gases.
  • the oxygen-containing ether group of these octane-booster compounds has been found to improve the combustion process favourably.
  • Suitable alkyl tert-alkyl ethers are methyl t-butyl ether (MTBE), ethyl t-butyl ether (ETBE), t-amyl methyl ether (TAME), t-amyl ethyl ether (TAEE) and t-hexyl methyl ether (THME), just to mention a few examples.
  • ethers are prepared by etherification of a monovalent aliphatic alcohol with an isoolefin.
  • olefins include, but are not limited to isobutene, 2-methyl-1-butene (2M1B), 2-methyl-2-butene (2M2B), 2-methyl-1-pentene (2M1P), 2-methyl-2-pentene (2M2P) and 2,3-dimethyl-1-pentene (2,3DMP).
  • the octane number of the automotive fuels can also be increased by adding other gasoline components, such as C 4 -alkylates or isomerates.
  • the alkylate is typically produced by alkylating isobutane and isobutene, whereby trimethylpentanes and dimethylhexanes are obtained. Furthermore, by dimerizing isobutene to isooctene, and optionally further hydrogenating it to isooctane, a component equal to or better than alkylate is obtainable.
  • EP-A-0 994 088 concerns an improved process for dimerizing iso-olefins, which employs a reactor train system including a reaction zone and a separation zone (e.g. a distillation column) connected to an effluent outlet of the reaction zone.
  • the olefinic hydrocarbon feedstock is contacted with an acidic catalyst in the presence of an oxygenate at conditions in which at least a part of the olefins dimerizes, the effluent is conducted from the reaction zone to the separation zone, where dimerized reaction product is separated, and the reaction product is then recovered and, optionally hydrogenated.
  • a side draw comprising unreacted olefins and alkanol is taken from the separation zone and recirculated to the reaction zone.
  • EP-A-0 994 088 is particularly advantageous because it allows for free selection of the product composition of the dimerizing unit and makes it possible to produce either pure dimer or a mixture of dimer and ether in the same unit.
  • alkyl ethers as octane-boosters
  • many producers still wish to retain the option of using the same basic equipment for producing a dimer, such as isooctane/isooctene, and alkyl ethers, such as methyl-t-butyl ether or t-amylmethyl ether, depending on the demand on the market for the various fuel components.
  • alkyl ethers such as methyl-t-butyl ether or t-amylmethyl ether
  • the present invention provides a process for producing in the same process equipment dimers, such as isooctane/isooctane, and alkyl ethers, in particular tert-methyl butyl ether, by appropriately adjusting the ratio of isoolefins to alkanol.
  • dimers such as isooctane/isooctane
  • alkyl ethers in particular tert-methyl butyl ether
  • a dimerization process of the above kind can be converted to an etherification process by increasing the molar proportion of the alkanol in the first reaction zone to favour the formation of alkyl ether instead of dimer and by conducting the overhead of the separation zone to a second reaction zone, wherein the unreacted components of the feedstock, including alkanol and olefinic hydrocarbons, are subjected to a second etherification reaction.
  • a secondary reaction zone can be included in the basic configuration of the dimerization process already.
  • the isoolefinic feed is combined with an alkanol (alkyl alcohol) in or before a first reaction zone and subjected to a first etherification reaction, a reaction effluent is withdrawn and conducted to a first distillation column.
  • An alcohol-containing flow is drawn from the side of the first distillation column and recirculated to the first reaction zone, whereas the overhead product is conducted to a second reaction zone.
  • the product is subjected to a second etherification reaction.
  • the reaction effluent is introduced into a second distillation column.
  • the bottoms products of the first and second distillation columns comprise essentially pure alkyl ether and are combined, whereas the overhead of the second distillation column, comprising unreacted hydrocarbons and alkanol, is subjected to washing to separate the alkanol.
  • alkyl ether will be produced at high conversion rates.
  • the ratio of alkanol to reactive olefin is higher than 0.7, preferably at least 0.8 and up to 2.0 at the most, advantageously about 0.8 to 1.5, and in particular in excess of 0.9 up to about 1.1.
  • reactive olefins refers to olefins, which are capable of reacting with the alkanol by yielding an ether. Further, it is the amount of such olefins in the fresh feed of the process that is considered.
  • the fresh olefinic hydrocarbon feedstock is fed to the reaction zone of the system, the olefinic hydrocarbon feedstock is contacted with the acidic catalyst in the presence of an oxygenate at conditions in which at least a part of the olefins dimerizes, i.e. at a ratio of the oxygenate to olefin in the first stage of 0.01 - 0.7, the effluent from said reaction zone is conducted to the distillation zone where dimerized reaction product is separated from said effluent, and at least a part of one flow comprising oxygenate is withdrawn from the side of at least one distillation column and recycled to dimerization.
  • the reaction mixture is recovered and optionally hydrogenated to form a parafinic reaction product.
  • the present invention therefore comprises operating the above process as described in the latter embodiment during a first predetermined period of time for producing dimers and as described in the former embodiment during a second predetermined period of time for producing alkyl ethers.
  • a novel process comprises production of alkyl ethers by etherification of tertiary C 4-7 olefins with an alkanol, comprising carrying out the etherification in reactor train system primarily configured for dimerization of isoolefins.
  • the process for producing alkyl ethers is characterized by what is stated in the characterizing part of claim 5, and the method of converting a dimerization process into an etherification process is characterized by what is stated in the characterizing part of claim 14.
  • the investment costs are low for converting a dimerization process according to the basic concept of EP-A-0 994 088 into a combined dimerization/etherification process.
  • the apparatus used in the dimerization process can be used as such, and there is no need for buying a reactive distillation column, as required in some of the commercial etherification processes.
  • the invention makes it possible to change the product of the process from dimer to ether and vice versa merely by adjusting specific flows within the process.
  • the present kind of process is therefore readily adaptable to fluctuating market demands for various gasoline octane-boosters (isooctane or MTBE).
  • the present invention allows for the production of ethers or dimerized products in a process primarily configured for dimerization of isoolefins, such as a hydrocarbon feedstock containing isobutene, by only minor changes in the conditions of operation.
  • distillation zone designates a distillation system comprising one or more distillation columns. In the case of a plurality of columns, they are preferably connected in series.
  • the feed plate can be selected for each column to be most advantageous in view of the overall process.
  • the plates for the side-draw of flows to be recovered or circulated can be selected individually for each column.
  • the distillation column can be any column suitable for distillation, such as a packed column, or one provided with valve, sieve or bubble-cap trays.
  • a “reaction zone” comprises at least one, typically two or three, reactor(s).
  • the reactor can be, e.g., a tubular reactor with multiple pipes, wherein the pipes are filled with catalyst.
  • Other possibilities include a simple tubular reactor, a boiler reactor, a packed bed reactor and a fluidized bed reactor.
  • the reactor used is preferably such in which the catalyst is placed in more than one layer and cooling is introduced between the layers.
  • at least one of the reactors has a cooling system.
  • the pipes of the tubular reactor with multiple pipes can be cooled.
  • Another example of a suitable reactor is a combination of a fixed bed reactor and a cooler, in which part of the reactor effluent can be circulated back to the reactor via the cooler.
  • the operating pressure of the reactors depends on the type of the reactor and on the composition of the feed, typically it is desired to keep the reaction mixture in liquid phase.
  • alkanol stands for the same as “alkyl alcohol”.
  • the alkanols used in the present invention include primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols, such as methanol, ethanol, propanol, 2-propanol, and the various butanols (i-, n- and t-butanol). Even heavier alkanols are possible, although their reactivity with the isoolefin is generally lower.
  • Etherification means a reaction between an alkanol and an olefin, in particular an isoolefin, to produce an ether.
  • the resulting product of the etherification comprises tert-methyl or tert-ethyl butyl ether (abbreviated "MTBE” and "ETBE”, respectively).
  • MTBE tert-methyl or tert-ethyl butyl ether
  • TAME tert-amyl methyl ether
  • TAEE tert-amyl ethyl ether
  • “Dimerization” means a reaction in which two olefin molecules are reacted with each other to form a dimer, in the case of C 4 -olefins “isooctene” (cf. below).
  • the reaction product comprises dimers of both of these.
  • C 4 -olefins and C 5- olefins yielding C 9 -olefins can occur.
  • reaction mixture typically contains also some amount of the C 9 -olefins.
  • Isooctene and diisobutene are both products of isobutene dimerization. Thus, they can be used interchangeably to designate 2,4,4-trimethyl-1-pentene and 2,4,4-trimethyl-2-pentene or a mixture thereof.
  • the "reactive isoolefins" which take part in the etherification reactions include, for example, the following compounds: isobutylene, 2-methyl-1-butene, 2-methyl-2-butene, 2-methyl-1-pentene, 2-methyl-2-pentene, 2,3-dimethyl-1-butene, 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene, 2-ethyl-1-butene, 2-methyl-2-hexene, 2,3-dimethyl-1-pentene, 2,3-dimethyl-2-pentene, 2,4-dirnethyl-1-pentene, 2-ethyl-1-pentene and 2-ethyl-2-pentene.
  • an olefinic hydrocarbon feedstock is fed into a reactor train system including at least one primary reaction zone, at least one primary distillation zone connected to an effluent outlet of the primary reaction zone, at least one secondary reaction zone connected to an overhead draw of the distillation zone, and at least one secondary distillation zone connected to the effluent outlet of the secondary reaction zone.
  • the feed is formed by fresh feed, but during continuous operation of the process, the olefinic hydrocarbon feedstock comprises partly fresh feed and partly a recirculated stream from the first distillation zone, as will be explained below.
  • the fresh feedstock contains at least one isoolefin selected from the group of tertiary C 4-7 olefins, in particular the isoolefin is selected from isobutenes and isopentenes and mixtures thereof.
  • the olefinic hydrocarbon feedstock is contacted in the primary reaction zone with an acidic catalyst in the presence of from 50 mole-% to about a stoichiometric amount of an alkanol, calculated from the amount of tertiary C 4-7 olefins, at conditions in which at least a part of the olefins are etherified.
  • the feed comprises C 4 -olefins, preferably isobutene, or C 5 -olefins, preferably isoamylene.
  • the feed can consist of pure isobutene, but in practice, the feedstock readily available comprises C 4 -based hydrocarbon fractions from oil refining.
  • the feed comprises a fraction obtained from isobutane dehydrogenation, when the feed comprises mainly isobutene and isobutane and possibly small amounts of C 3 - and C 5 -hydrocarbons.
  • the feed then comprises 40 - 60 wt-% of isobutene and 60 - 40 wt-% isobutane, usually there is 5 - 20 % less isobutene present than isobutane.
  • the ratio of isobutene to isobutane is approximately 4:6...5:5.5.
  • an isobutane dehydrogenation fraction the following can be presented: 45 wt-% isobutene, 50 wt-% isobutane and other inert C 4 -hydrocarbons and approximately 5 wt-% of C 3 -, C 5 - and heavier hydrocarbons altogether.
  • Suitable hydrocarbon feedstocks for preparing tertiary alkyl ethers are, for example, the following: FCC gasoline, FCC light gasoline, FCC liquefied petroleum gas, Pyrolysis C 5 gasoline, C 4 stream (Raffinate 1) from a steam cracking unit, olefnic C 4 stream from a butane dehydrogenating unit, TCC gasoline, C 4 stream from TCC, RCC gasoline, C 4 stream from RCC, coker gasoline or C 4 stream originating from a coking unit or a mixture of these.
  • the hydrocarbon feedstock Before the etherification reaction, the hydrocarbon feedstock can be subjected to a pretreatment in order to remove impurities and to increase the amount of reactive isoolefins .
  • Acidic residues can be removed by washing the feedstock with water and multi-unsaturated olefins can be selectively hydrogenated in the presence of a catalyst to form mono-unsaturated compounds.
  • an alcohol preferably C 1 - C 6 alcohol (e.g. methanol, ethanol, isopropanol or t -butanol) is used for etherification.
  • the alcohol can be a primary, secondary or tertiary alcohol or a mixture thereof. Further examples include tert -amyl methylether, 2-butanol and 2-pentanol.
  • Oxygenates, such as alcohol protect the catalyst by hindering poisoning and the formation of large molecules, since the heavier components forming from trimers and tetramers block the catalyst.
  • the molar ratio of the oxygenate and olefin, e.g., alcohol and isobutene, in the feed is at least 0.7, preferably in excess of 0.75 and up to about 1.2. In particular, it is close to the stoichiometric ratio, such as about 0.8 to 1.0.
  • the ratio of alcohol to olefin can be separately adjusted in the two reaction zones, the primary and the secondary reaction zones.
  • the hydrocarbon feed containing olefins is contacted with a catalyst together with alcohol in the reaction zone.
  • the catalyst is preferably arranged in a solid bed.
  • an acidic catalyst is used.
  • ion-exchange resins are used, for example such as are used for etherification.
  • catalysts can, however, be used zeolites and other inorganic catalysts.
  • the resin can comprise sulphonic acid groups and it can be prepared by polymerizing or copolymerizing aromatic vinyl compounds and, thereafter, sulphonating.
  • aromatic vinyl compounds the following may be mentioned: styrene, vinyl toluene, vinyl naphthalene, vinyl ethyl benzene, methyl styrene, vinyl chlorobenzene, and vinyl xylene.
  • An acidic ion-exchange resin contains typically approximately 1.3...1.9, even up to 2 sulphonic acid groups per an aromatic group.
  • Preferred resins are those based on copolymers of aromatic monovinyl compounds and aromatic polyvinyl, in particular divinyl, compounds, in which the concentration of polyvinylbenzene is approximately 1...20 wt-% of the copolymer.
  • the particle size of the ion-exchange resin is preferably approximately 0.15...1 mm.
  • perfluorosulphonic acid resins consisting of copolymers of sulphonylfluorovinyl ethyl and fluorocarbon compounds can be used.
  • the concentration of the catalyst is typically 0.01 - 20 %, preferably approximately 0.1 - 10 % of the weight of the liquid mixture to be handled.
  • the temperature of the reaction zone is typically 50 - 120°C.
  • the upper level of the temperature range is set by the heat-resistance properties of the catalyst.
  • the reaction can very well be carried out at temperatures higher than 120 °C, for example up to 160 °C or even higher. Lower temperature favours the formation of ether.
  • the reaction effluent is conducted from the primary reaction zone to the primary distillation zone, wherein the etherification reaction product is separated from the effluent.
  • the primary distillation zone at least one flow comprising unreacted olefins and alkanol is withdrawn from the side of a (the) distillation column and recirculated from the distillation zone back to the primary reaction zone. With the help of the sidedraw the conversion of the etherification process is increased. It is to be understood, that although the following description refers to a sideflow in singular, which is the typical configuration, it is also possible to withdraw two or more sideflows containing oxygenate and circulate all those flows back to etherification.
  • the sidedraw is typically taken from a plate higher than the feed plate.
  • the sidedraw is circulated back to dimerization.
  • the amount of the circulated flow can be altered as well as the point to which it is conducted (for example, either to the reaction zone or to the fresh feed).
  • the mass flow of the circulated flow is typically 0.01...10 times, preferably 1...5, in particular 0.3...2, times the mass flow of fresh hydrocarbon feed.
  • the conversion rate in the first reaction zone is rather high, preferably over 85 mole-% with respect to the isoolefinic feed, in particular over 90 mole-%, preferably over 95 mole-%.
  • the overhead of the primary distillation zone which comprises merely unreacted isoolefins, is conducted to the secondary reaction zone, a postreactor or a cascade of reactors, in which the conversion rate is increased to close to 99 mole-% or even over.
  • the conversion rate in the second reaction zone is typically at least 95 mole-%.
  • the unreacted isoolefins are contacted with with an acidic catalyst in the presence of an alkanol to etherify the isoolefins.
  • the alkanol is either separately fed to the second reaction zone, or it is included in the overhead product of the first distillation zone.
  • the effluent of the second reaction zone is conducted to the secondary distillation zone, in which the etherified product of the secondary reaction zone is separated from the unreacted olefins.
  • the isoolefin ethers are recovered from the bottom of the primary and secondary distillation zones and optionally the bottoms products are combined.
  • the overhead of the second distillation process can be conducted to a traditional methanol or ethanol recovery unit, where the alcohol can be removed by water washing and distillation. It is also possible to recirculate the overhead to the first reaction zone where it is combined with fresh feed or with the sidedraw circulated from the first distillation zone.
  • the etherified reaction product is obtained as the bottoms product from the first distillation zone.
  • the overhead of the distillation zones can be partially recycled to the feed of the reaction zones.
  • diluents such as unreacted C3 to C8 hydrocarbons
  • C4s overhead
  • the diluents of the overhead of the second distillation zone are recycled to the second reaction zone
  • the diluents of the overhead of the first distillation zone are recycled to the first reaction zone.
  • the recycled flow comprises about 1 to 90 mole-%, preferably about 5 to 80 mole-% of the overhead stream.
  • the hydrocarbon feed containing olefins is contacted with the catalyst together with the alcohol or another oxygenate, such as water, in the primary reaction zone at conditions in which at least a part of the olefins is dimerized.
  • the olefin feed comprises both C 4 - and C 5 -olefins
  • reactions between different olefins occur, thus forming C 9 -olefins.
  • small amounts of other oligomers, such as trimers or tetramers are formed in the reaction.
  • the flow from the reaction zone is introduced into a distillation zone, where the main part of the dimerized reaction product is separated.
  • the ratio of alkanol-to-olefin being less than 0.7, calculated from the amount of tertiary C 4-7 olefins of the fresh feedstock, at conditions in which at least a part of the olefins are dimerized.
  • the dimerization process can be carried out in two reaction stages, of which in the first stage the ratio of oxygenate to olefin is higher and the residence time reduced in the reactor, and in the second stage the ratio of oxygenate to olefin is low in the reactor and the residence time is longer.
  • the ratio of oxygenate to olefin in the first stage is 0.01 - 0.7 and in the second stage 0.001 - 0.5, in particular the ratio of oxygenate to olefin in the first stage is 0.01- 0.15 and in the second stage 0.001- 0.1.
  • the residence time of the present invention is generally about 1 (VHSV), typically 0.1 to 10, in particular about 0.5 to 5 h -1 .
  • VHSV volume fraction
  • the residence time in the first stage employing higher oxygen to olefin ratios is generally higher than one (up to 5 or up to 2) and in the second stage it is 1 or less (down to about 0.5).
  • a sidedraw comprising alcohol, other oxygenate and/or the reaction product is circulated from the distillation zone back to the reaction zone. With the help of the sidedraw the conversion of the olefin and the production of dimerized product is increased.
  • the sidedraw comprises a major part of the alcohol present in the reactor effluent.
  • the sidedraw can comprise both alcohol and ether.
  • the sidedraw comprises alcohol up to 80 wt-%, typically 10 - 50 wt-%, depending on pressure and hydrocarbons.
  • the flow from the reaction zone is conducted to the first distillation zone, where the components are separated from each another.
  • the conversion rate can be increased by conducting the unreacted isoolefins to the second reaction zone, as explained above.
  • At least a part of the etherified reaction product, e.g. ETBE, MTBE, withdrawn as a bottoms product of the first distillation zone, is decomposed so as to form the corresponding monovalent aliphatic alcohol and the isoolefin or mixture of isoolefins, for example ethanol or methanol and isobutene or mixture of two or more isoolefins selected from isobutene, 2-methyl-1-butene, 2-methyl-2-butene, 2-methyl-1-pentene, 2-methyl-2-pentene, and 2,3-dimethyl-1-pentene.
  • the equipment used for the decomposition step can be similar to that used for dimer/ether formation (acidic catalyst).
  • the operating conditions are, however, such that the balance of the ether formation reaction is on the left-hand side, i.e. on the reactant side (alcohol and isoolefin side).
  • the temperature is higher and pressure can be lower or same as for ether formation
  • Such a decomposition method can be carried out in a reactor train system, which includes at least one primary reactor with a catalyst bed for converting isoolefins, which reactor has an inlet for an isoolefin feedstock and an effluent outlet, and at least one primary distillation column, connected to the effluent outlet of the primary reactor and having an overhead draw outlet and a bottoms outlet.
  • the system further has at least one secondary reactor connected to the overhead draw outlet of the primary distillation column and having an effluent outlet, and at least one secondary distillation column, connected to an effluent outlet of the secondary reaction zone.
  • a decomposition unit is connected to bottoms outlet of the primary distillation column, and that decomposition unit comprises typically at least one decomposition reactor with a catalyst bed, in which etherified isoolefins can be converted to the corresponding alkanol and isoolefin(s).
  • the ether product of the bottoms stream can be purified before it is recovered and fed into the decomposition zone to increase the purity of the decomposition products.
  • the alkanol obtained from the decomposition unit is preferably recycled to the feed of the reactor cascade.
  • Decompostion of ethers produce also dimers and heavier oligomers.
  • the amount of sideproducts in ether decomposition depends on technology selected for use.
  • the isoolefin or mixture of isoolefins can be separately stored and used for applications where particularly pure isoolefin is needed. If desired, the isolefin mixture can be fractionated to provide different isoolefins.
  • the particular advantage of this embodiment is that it is possible to obtained extremely pure isoolefins by the decomposition of the ether.
  • This embodiment can, basically, be applied in any process for producing isoolefinic ethers. In combination with the present process, it will further broaden the range of products which can be produced to include not only, depending on the market demand, isoolefinic dimers and/or isoolefinic alkyl ethers, but also isoolefins having a high degree of purity (typically at least 95 wt-%, in particular about 98 wt-% or higher). Such high-purity isoolefins will find use e.g in polybutene production and also in production of other polyolefins like polyethene and polypropene and also in oligomerization.
  • the present embodiment will turn the basic "dual purpose” concept into a “multipurpose” concept.
  • the olefins are etherified in a process comprising a primary reaction zone 1, having three reactors 2 - 4 arranged in a cascade.
  • the outlet of the last reactor 4 is connected to a first distillation column 5 and fed into the column at a feed point 6.
  • a side stream 7 is withdrawn at a point 8 above the feed point.
  • the sidedraw which comprises C 4 olefins and alcohol, is circulated to the primary reaction zone 1 and combined with the fresh olefinic feed before the inlet nozzle of the first reactor 2.
  • the overhead stream 9 of the distillation column 5 is conducted to a secondary reactor 10.
  • the bottoms product 11, comprising pure ether, is recovered.
  • the secondary reactor 10 is basically similar to the primary reactors 2 to 4, although it can be of smaller size (contain a smaller catalyst bed).
  • the reactor effluent 12 of the secondary reactor is conducted to a secondary distillation column 13, wherein the alcohol is distilled off and taken to further treatment, whereas the bottoms product, which comprises the alkyl ether, is withdrawn and fed into the first distillation column 5.
  • the second distillation column can also be operated in such a way that an essentially pure (ether) product is obtained and separately recovered, as shown by the arrow pointing to the right in the drawing.
  • the process configuration according to Figure 1 differs from the ones disclosed in US Patents Nos. 5 536 886, 5 637 777, 5 908 964, and 6 369 280 in the sense that the overhead product of the first distillation zone does not comprise an azeotropic composition of alcohol and hydrocarbons. Since a dimerization process is provided with suitable equipment for recovery of alcohol, it is not necessary to restrict the amount of alcohol withdrawn from separation. By using the sidedraw, it is possible to dilute the process feed with respect to the olefins to obtain the proper ratio to fit a high conversion rate of ethers.
  • Example 1 illustrates the production of ethers (Example 1) and dimers (Example 2) according to the basic concept of the present invention, which allows for dual-purpose operation of the process configuration.
  • Example 2 illustrates the decomposition of an etherified reaction product to produce high-purity isoolefins, and that second embodiment of the invention is discussed in more detail below in connection with Example 3.
  • a feed containing mainly C 4 hydrocarbons and methanol is fed to a process according to the present invention, having the process configuration described in Figure 1 with the exception that all the bottom product (BOT2) of the second column is fed into the first column.
  • Table I presents the calculated mass balances.
  • Purified MTBE (100 %) 7822 kg/h is conducted to a decomposition zone 21, wherein it is contacted with an acid ion exchange resin at 120 °C and an absolute pressure of 19 bar to convert the etherified isobutene to methanol and isobutene. A conversion rate of 95 -% is obtained.
  • the product stream 22 from decomposition reactor is fed into a fractionation column 23.
  • the bottom product from 23, mainly DIB, is fed into fractionation column 26 where DIB is removed as the bottom product and the distillate is circulated back to the decomposition reactor 21.
  • the distillate from the fractionation column 23 is fed into the water extraction column 28.
  • the hydrocarbon stream from 28 is fed into fractionation column 34 in which isobutene is removed as the distillate.
  • Water phase from 28 is fed into fractionation column 33 where water is removed as the bottom product and circulated back to 28.
  • the distillate from 33 contains methanol, MTBE and small amount of water.

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