US3780131A - Isoparaffin alkylation with a lighter olefin and subsequently with a heavier olefin - Google Patents

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US3780131A
US3780131A US00269907A US3780131DA US3780131A US 3780131 A US3780131 A US 3780131A US 00269907 A US00269907 A US 00269907A US 3780131D A US3780131D A US 3780131DA US 3780131 A US3780131 A US 3780131A
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  • This invention relates to a process for alkylating an alkylatable isoparaliinic hydrocarbon with olelinic hydrocarbons. More specifically, this invention relates to a process for producing an alkylation reaction product from an isoparaiiinic reactant, a lighter ole-finie reactant and a heavier olefinic reactant, utilizing acid-acting alkylation catalysts. This invention further relates to the process for producing an alkylation reaction product having superior qualities as a component of motor fuels, in comparison to the product produced by previously employed alkylation processes.
  • Alkylation of isoparafinic hydrocarbons, such as isobutane, isopentane and the like, with olelinic hydrocarbons such as propylene, butylenes, amylenes, and the like, is well known as a commercially important method for producing gasoline boiling range hydrocarbons.
  • the C- Clo hydrocarbons generally produced by the alkylation reaction are termed alkylate Alkylate is particularly useful as a motor fuel blending stock because of its high motor octane and research octane ratings, such that it can be used to improve the overall octane ratings of gasolines to comply with the requirements of modern automobile motors.
  • Such high octane products are particularly important in producing unleaded motor fuels of sufficient quality when it is desired not to employ alkyl lead compounds in the fuel to meet octane requirements.
  • a continuing goal of the art is to provide an isoparaffin-olefin alkylation process which produces an alkylate product having higher motor and research octane ratings than is possible using conventional processes.
  • isobutane as the isoparafiin and propylene and/or butylenes as the olefins.
  • Catalysts utilized include hydrogen fluoride, sulfuric acid and other like Patented Dec. 18, 1973 ice acidic or acid-acting materials.
  • the isoparafiin, olefins and catalyst are typically contacted in an alkylation reactor, forming a reaction mixture. After the alkylation reaction is substantially complete, the reaction mixture is Withdrawn from the reactor and is separated into hydrocarbon and catalyst phases in a separation zone, generally by settling in a settling vessel, and the catalyst thus separated is recycled to the reactor for further use.
  • the hydrocarbon phase produced is further processed, for example, by fractionation, to recover the alkylate product and to separate unconsumed reactants, e.g., isoparaiiin, for further use.
  • alkylate may be produced, in the alkylation of different molecular weight olefins such as propylene and butylenes, etc., with an isoparafiin, when one olefin, for example, propylene is separately alkylated with the isoparafiin at one set of reaction conditions while, for example, butylenes are alkylated with the isoparaffin at a different set of reaction conditions.
  • propylene is separately alkylated with the isoparafiin at one set of reaction conditions
  • butylenes are alkylated with the isoparaffin at a different set of reaction conditions.
  • it has been found necessary to maintain the same high molar excess of isoparaffin to olefin in both the propylene alkylation reaction and the butylenes alkylation reaction in order to provide an adequate product.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing a superior alkylation reaction product from a lighter olefin, a heavier olefin and an isoparaiiin.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an isoparaiiin-olelin alkylation process having a reduced isoparan handling requirement, while maintaining a high isoparan concentration during the alkylation reaction.
  • the present invention relates to a process for producing an alkylation reaction product from an isoparaliinic reactant, a lighter olelinic reactant and a heavier olelinic reactant which comprises the steps of: (a) contacting said isoparafiinic reactant and said lighter olefinic reactant with a first alkylation catalyst in a first alkylation zone at rst alkylation conditions; (b) recovering from said lirst alkylation zone a rst hydrocarbons stream which comprises a portion of said isopara'nic reactant and a portion of said alkylation reaction product; (c) contacting said heavier oleinic reactant and at least a portion of said rst hydrocarbons stream with a second alkylation catalyst in a second alkylation zone at second alkylation conditions; (d) recovering from said second alkylation zone a second hydrocarbons stream which comprises at least a portion of said alkylation reaction product; and (e) recovering said
  • the separate alkylation of the lighter and heavier olens can be accomplished with an optimum concentration of excess isoparaflin for both the reactions in both reactors without the necessity of providing separate isoparailin supplies to the two reactors employed.
  • isobutane is charged in conduit 1.
  • the lighter olefnic reactant comprising propylene
  • the mixture of propylene and isobutane is passed through conduit 1 and a portion thereof is diverted through conduits 3 and 4 and the reactants in conduits 1, 3 and 4 are passed separately into alkylation reactor 5 to insure thorough mixing in reactor 5.
  • alkylation reactor 5 the isoparaflin and olefin are contacted and thoroughly admixed, with high strength hydrogen fluoride catalyst comprising about 95% acid to form a reaction mixture.
  • Reactor 5 is provided with indirect heat exchange means not shown.
  • Coolant is introduced through conduit 6 into reactor 5 and passed in indirect heat exchange with the reactants and catalyst therein. 'I'he heat exchange coolant is withdrawn from reactor 5 through conduit 7.
  • the reaction mixture is maintained at a temperature of about 90 F. and a pressure sufficient to provide liquid phase operations in reactor 5.
  • Reaction mixture comprising catalyst, alkylated hydrocarbons, unreacted hydrocarbons such as isobutane, and possibly some propylene, is withdrawn and passed via conduit 8 to a settler 9.
  • high strength hydrogen fluoride catalyst is separated from a hydrocarbon phase containing alkylated hydrocarbons, unreacted hydrocarbons and possibly some alkyl fluoride compounds.
  • the high strength hydrogen fluoride catalyst forms a separate heavier phase in settler 9 and is withdrawn through conduit 10, passed through pump 13 and through conduit 14, and thus recycled to reactor 5.
  • a small portion of the high strength catalyst in conduit 10 is withdrawn through conduit 11 and passed to a catalyst regeneration operation not shown.
  • Fresh and/or regenerated catalyst containing a high concentration of hydrogen fluoride, e.g., 97 wt. percent is charged through conduit 12 to conduit 10 in order to maintain the catalyst employed in reactor 5 at an optimum strength.
  • the hydrocarbon phase comprising alkylation reaction products, isobutane and possibly some alkyl fluoride, etc., is rwithdrawn and passed through conduit 15.
  • the heavier olenic reactant, co-mprising butylenes, is charged through conduit 16 into conduit 15 and admixed with the hydrocarbon materials in conduit 15.
  • the admixed butylenes and hydrocarbon eluent from settler 9 are passed further through conduit 5 into reactor 19.
  • Portions of the combined butylenes and hydrocarbon effluent in conduit 15 are diverted from conduit 15 to conduit 17 and conduit 18 and passed therethrough into reactor 19 in order to provide thorough mixing with alkylation catalyst in reactor 19.
  • Reactor 19 is provided with indirect heat exchange means not shown. Coolant is charged to reactor 19 by way of conduit 20. The coolant is passed in indirect heat exchange with the reaction mixture in reactor 19 and subsequently withdrawn through conduit 21.
  • reaction mixture in reactor 19 is maintained at a temperature of about 90 F. in liquid phase operations.
  • reaction mixture is withdrawn from reactor 19 and passed through conduit 22 into reaction soaker 23, lwherein the reaction mixture is maintained for an additional time at alkylation temperature and pressure.
  • the mixture is withdrawn from the reaction soaker and passed through conduit 24 into settler 25.
  • settler 25 a heavier, low strength hydrogen uoride catalyst phase separates and is withdrawn through conduit 26, passed through pump 29 and charged via conduit 30 to reactor 19.
  • a small portion of the low strength catalyst in conduit 26 is withdrawn through conduit 27 and passed to regeneration not shown. Fresh and/or regenerated catalyst is charged through conduit 28 to conduit 26.
  • a lighter, hydrocarbon phase comprising alkylate product and unreacted isobutane, is withdrawn through conduit 31 and passed to conventional fractionation means, such as an isobutane stripper, for further conventional separation of the alkylate product, and preferably, recycle of the isobutane to reactor 5.
  • the isoparaffinic and olenic reactants which are preferably employed in the process of the present invention are well known in the art.
  • IIsobutane is the preferred isoparan, although isopentane, isohexane, and the like, may be employed.
  • a suitable isoparatlinic reactant may contain some non-reactive contaminants such as normal parains.
  • a typical commercial isobutane reactant may contain some propane and normal butane.
  • the preferred heavier olenic reactant comprises butylenes.
  • a preefrred oleinic reactant may comprise, for example, pure butene-l, pure butene-Z, pure isobutylene, or any mixture of two or all of the butylene isomers.
  • Also preferred for use as the heavier olefinic reactant is a mixture of butylenes with some amylenes or other heavier olenic reactants.
  • Other suitable heavier oleiinic reactants include C5 and heavier olens, but these may not provide results equivalent to those obtained with C4 olens.
  • a preferred heavier olenic feed stock may contain small amounts of such hydrocarbons as normal parafns, isoparafns, ethylene, propylene, etc.
  • the lighter olenic reactant is preferably propylene, and may suitably be pure propylene or may contain small amounts of parains, isoparains, ethylene, butylenes, etc.
  • a typical commercial propylene alkylation reactant contains propylene and propane. It is preferred that the heavier olelinic reactants be substantially free .from the lighter olefin employed and, likewise, that the lighter olenic reactant be substantially free from heavier olefin employed.
  • a typical preferred isoparatinic feed stock may contain, for example 95 wt. percent isobutane, 1 wt. percent propane, and 4 wt.
  • a typical preferred heavier olenic reactant feed stock may contain about 40 wt. percent butylenes, 45 Wt. percent isobutane and 15 wt. percent normal butane, and a typical preferred lighter olefinic reactant feed stock may contain 60 wt. percent propylene and 40 wt. percent propane.
  • Alkylation catalysts which can be utilized inthe present invention, include alkylation catalysts known in the art.
  • strong acids such as hydrogen fluoride, sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid have Iall been employed.
  • Other suitable catalysts include metal halides such as aluminum chloride, antimony halides, etc., boron halides, and certain crystalline aluminosilicates catalytically active for alkylation of isoparains, such as faujasite, mordenite, etc., either with or without the addition of catalytic amounts of metals or metal ions.
  • hydrogen uoride alkylation catalyst is preferred for use as an alkylation catalyst in the present process.
  • Conventional hydrogen fluoride alkylation catalyst comprises about 75 wt. percent or more of titratable acid and about 5 wt. percent or less Water, with the remainder made up of hydrocarbons and combined fluoride in solution in the acid.
  • Such a conventional alkylation catalyst is suitable for use both as the alkylation catalyst in the first alkylation zone, for alkylating the isoparain with the lighter olenic reactant, and in the second alkylation zone for use with the heavier olenic reactant.
  • two different strength hydrogen fluoride catalysts are employed.
  • a higher strength alkylation catalyst is preferably utilized in the lfirst alkylation zone to alkylate the isoparafn with the lighter olenic reactant, comprising preferably propylene.
  • This higher strength catalyst is characterized by a concentration of titratable acid of about 80 wt. percent to about 99 wt. percent a Water concentration of about 0.1 Wt. percent to about 1 wt. percent and a hydrocarbon concentration of about 1 wt. percent to about wt. percent.
  • a different, lower strength hydrogen iuoride alkylation catalysts is preferably utilized in the second alkylation reaction zone in the reaction involving the heavier 'olenic reactant, preferably comprising butylenes.
  • the lower strength alkylation catalyst is characterized by a titratable acid concentration of about 65 wt. percent to about 95 wt. percent, a water concentration of about 0.1 wt. percent to about 1 wt. percent Iand a hydrocarbon concentration of about 5 wt. percent to about 35 wt. percent.
  • a particularly preferred higher strength catalyst contains about 90 wt. percent to about 9 wt. percent acid while a particularly preferred lower strength catalyst contains about 80 wt. percent to about 95 wt. percent acid.
  • alkylation reaction zones suitable for use in the process of this invention are known in the art.
  • the alkylation reactors described in U.S. Pats. 3,456,033, 3,469,949 and 3,501,536 may be suitably employed for both alkylation reactions when a fluid catalyst Such as the preferred hydrogen uoride catalyst is utilized.
  • Isoparain-oleiin alkylation conditions associated with the particular alkylation reactors described in the above-listed patents or in connection with other suitable conventional alkylation reactors, are also well known and may be used in particular embodiments of the present invention.
  • the scope of the present invention is intended to include, for example, embodiments of the present process in which reactants and fluid catalysts are contacted in the alkylation zones and catalyst is subsequently separated from the reaction products by settling for further use.
  • the scope of the present invention also includes embodiments wherein beds of a solid catalyst, such as a zeolitic catalyst, are employed in one or both of the reactors and the hydrocarbon effluent from the first reactor may thus be passed to the second reactor without further separation from the catalyst by settling.
  • Particular alkylation zones and optimum alkylation conditions in specific embodiments of the present process depend upon the composition of the particular heavier oletnic reactant feed stream, the particular lighter olenic reactant feed stream, the isoparaflin feed stream, and the type of catalyst employed.
  • isobutane and a lighter olenic reactant comprising about 50 volume percent to about 70 volume percent propylene and about 30 volume percent to about 50 volume percent propane are contacted, at an isobutane/propylene mole ratio of about 5:1 to about 50:1, with a hydrogen uoride catalyst in a first alkylation reaction zone at alkylation conditions including a temperature in the range from about 0 F.
  • a pressure suticient to maintain the hydrocarbons and catalyst as liquids a catalyst/hydrocarbon volume ratio in the rst alkylation reactor in the range from about 0.1:1 to about 10:1 and a contact time (defined as the volume of the alkylation reactor divided by the volumetric iow rate, per minute of reactants and catalyst charged) in the first alkylation reactor in the range from about 0.1 minute to about 30 minutes.
  • a heavier olenic reactant comprising about 30 volume percent to about l60 volume percent butylenes with the remainder made up of propane and butanes, is contacted in a second alkylation reactor with the hydrocarbon effluent from the first alkylation zone, and with a hydrogen uoride catalyst, at alkylation conditions including a temperature in the range from about 0 F. to about 200 F., a pressure suicient to maintain liquid phase operations, a catalyst/hydrocarbon volume ratio, in the second alkylation reactor, of about 0.1:1 to about 10:1 and a contact time in the second alkylation reactor in the range from about-0.1 minute to about 30 minutes.
  • alkylation conditions in the rst alkylation zone include employment of the preferred high strength hydrogen fluoride alkylation catalyst described above and also include a temperature of about 60 F. to about 150 F., with a temperature of about 75 F. to about 120 F. particularly preferred, a pressure sufficient to maintain the reactants and catalyst as liquids, and a reaction time of about 0.1 minute to about 20 minutes.
  • isobutane and propylene reactants are charged to the Vfirst alkylation reactor at a mole ratio of about 20:1 to about 30:1, and a catalyst-to-hydrocarbon volume ratio of about 0.5 :1 to about 2:1 is maintained in the rst alkylation zone.
  • alkylation conditions in the second alkylation reactor include the use of the preferred low strength hydrogen fluoride alkylation catalyst, as described above, and also include a temperature of about 40 F. to about F., with a temperature of about 50 F. to about 100 F. particularly preferred, a pressure sufficient to maintain the reactants and catalyst as liquids, and a reaction time of about 0.1 minute to about 20 minutes.
  • the hydrocarbon eluent from the first alkylation zone and the heavier olenic reactant, comprising butylenes are charged to the second alkylation reactor at a butylenes-to-hydrocarbon eiiluent mole ratio of about 1:20 to about 1:30, and a catalyst-to-hydrocarbon volume ratio of about 0.5 :1 to about 2:1 is maintained in the second alkylation reactor.
  • the same charge of hydrocarbons acts, in part, as the excess required in both the lighter olefin alkylation reaction and the heavier olefin alkylation reaction.
  • propylene as the lighter olenic reactant, and maintaining the above-described preferred alkylation conditions in the rst alkylation zone, self-alkylation of isobutane, the preferred isoparafn reactant, is enhanced.
  • propylene reacts with isobutane to provide propane and isobutylene, in what is known in the art as the hydrogen transfer reaction.
  • the isobutylene thus formed reacts in an alkylation reaction with further isobutane to provide primarily high octane C8 hydrocarbons.
  • isobutane may be consumed in the preferred embodiment of the present process than in some conventional alkylation processes, the increased consumption would be more than offset by the products of additional amounts of superior alkylate product.
  • reaction mixture formed in the second alkylation reactor is passed through a reaction soaker.
  • a reaction soaker In the description of the preferred embodiments herein provided, it is intended that both the second alkylation reactor and the reaction soaker, as well as a settler, are included within the scope of the term second alkylation zone.
  • Suitable reaction soakers are well known in the art.
  • the reaction soakers described in U.S. Pats. 3,560,587 and 3,607,970 may suitably be employed in the present process.
  • Such reaction soakers are commonly vessels equipped with perforated trays, baille sections, or the like, to maintain the mixture of catalyst and hydrocarbons charged from the second alkylation reactor as a fairly homogenous mixture at alkylation temperature and pressure for a predetermined length of time.
  • the mixture of catalyst and hydrocarbons is maintained in the reaction soaker for a time which depends on the composition of the reaction mixture.
  • a reaction soaker residence time of about 1 minute to about 30 minutes is preferred.
  • the temperature and pressure maintained in the reaction soaker are the same as the temperature and pressure maintained in the second alkylation reactor.
  • Means for separating a hydrocarbon phase from, for example, a fluid catalyst phase, such as a hydrogen fluoride catalyst, in the eluent from an alkylation reactor' or reaction soaker are well known in the alkylation art.
  • a Huid catalyst such as hydrogen fluoride
  • the effluent from an alkylation reactor or soaker comprises a mixture of isoparan, reaction products, catalyst and catalyst-soluble organic materials with small amounts of olefin-acting compounds, light hydrocarbon gases, etc.
  • the reaction products isoparaiin, light hydrocarbon gases, and possibly some organic fluorides, from a hydrocarbon phase, possibly containing a small amount of catalyst in solution.
  • the catalyst and catalyst-soluble hydrocarbons form a separate phase.
  • the hydrocarbon phase is thus easily mechanically separated from the catalyst phase.
  • the temperature and pressure maintained dun'ng such a settling operation in an alkylation process, required when a fluid catalyst is utilized, are substantially the same as those described in connection with alkylation reaction conditions employed in the reactor.
  • the hydrocarbons and the catalyst are preferably maintained in the liquid phase during the separation operation.
  • alkylation zone is intended to include a settler as well as a re- 8 actor, Where a settler is required in order to separate the hydrocarbons from the catalyst, c g., when hydrogen fluoride catalyst is employed.
  • Some means for withdrawing heat from the alkylation zones is usually necessary for satisfactory operation of the process.
  • a variety of means for accomplishing the heat withdrawal are Awell known.
  • the heat generated by the alkylation reaction may be withdrawn directly from the alkylation reactor by indirect heat exchange between cooling water and the reaction mixture in the reactor.
  • the hydrocarbons stream, or phase, recovered, in the preferred embodiment, from the first alkylation reactor by settling the reaction mixture eluent therefrom, is combined with the heavier olenic reactant, preferably butylenes, and charged to the second alkylation reactor, wherein this combined hydrocarbons stream is contacted with an alkylation catalyst.
  • sucient isoparafiin is charged to the first reactor so that no further isoparatin need be added to the hydrocarbons charged to the second reactor.
  • the total isobutane charged to the alkylation process is passed through, in turn, the first alkylation zone and the second alkylation zone.
  • the second hydrocarbons stream, recovered from the second alkylation zone is passed to further conventional separation operations and equipment, such as a fractionator, whereby the alkylation product is separated from unconsumed isoparain and any entrained or dissolved catalyst such as hydrogen fluoride, if any, which is present in the hydrocarbons eflluent from the second alkylation zone.
  • a fractionator such as a fractionator
  • Any suitable method utilized in the prior art to separate the alkylate product from the isoparain and, for example, hydrogen fluoride may be employed in the present process.
  • the alkylation reaction product produced in the improved process of this invention includes primarily C7 and C8 saturated hydrocarbons resulting from the alkylation reactions of the isoparaflin with both the lighter and t he heavier olenic reactants.
  • the primary products include, for example, dimethylpentanes and trimethylpentane. It is well known that more highly branched hydrocarbons possess superior properties as motor fuel, and the present invention is directed, in part, to providing alkylate from the process containing a higher ratio of more highly branched hydrocarbons, such as trimethylpentanes, to less branched hydrocarbons, such as dimethylhexanes.
  • the present invention provides a novel process for producing a superior a1- kylate product by a method more economical and convenient than has been available in the prior art.
  • EXAMPLE I A supply of mixed butylenes charge stock was obtained and analyzed. It was found to contain 50 wt. percent butene-2, 28 wt. percent isobutylene and 22 wt. percent butene-l. A supply of propylene charge stock was obtained and analyzed and found to contain 99.6 wt. percent propylene. A supply of isobutane charge stock was obtained, and analysis showed that it contained 96 wt. percent isobutane, 3 wt. percent normally butane and 1 wt. percent propane.
  • Organic catalyst diluent was prepared, as needed for use in alkylation catalysts by charging 4 liters of isobutylene and 1.6 liters of 99 wt. percent hydrogen iluoride to an 8.81 liter stirred autoclave under a 200 p.s.i. nitrogen atmosphere, allowing the olen and catalyst to react for one hour at 60 C., and then separating the diluent from the acid. Analysis of the diluent showed that it comprised polyisobutylenes having a molecular weight in the range from about 200 to about 500'.
  • a portion of the propylene charge stock was mixed with a portion of the isobutane charge stock at an isobutane/propylene mole ratio of 24:1.
  • This mixture was continuously charged to an 'alkylation reactor at the rate of 0.5 mole propylene per hour and 12 moles isobutane per hour.
  • hydrogen uoride alkylation catalyst containing 95 lwt. percent hydrogen fluoride, 4 wt. percent organic diluent and l wt. percent water was also continuously charged to the reactor.
  • the alkylation reactor was equipped with stirring means and means for removing excess heat of reaction. An acid/hydrocarbon volume ratio of 3/ 2 was maintained in the reactor.
  • the reaction mixture formed in the alkylation reactor was maintained at a temperature of 105 F. and a pressure of 15 atmospheres. A residence time (dened as the volume of the reactor divided by the total volume of reactants and catalyst charged per minute) of 10 minutes was maintained.
  • the reaction mixture was continuously withdrawn from the alkylation reactor, passed into a settling vessel, and held at a residence time of minutes, whereby the mixture was separated into a catalyst phase and a hydrocarbon phase.
  • the catalyst phase was recovered and recycled to the alkylation reactor for further use.
  • the hydrocarbon phase was withdrawn from the settler and recovered. 'Ihe hydrocarbons thus recovered from the settler were continuously charged to an alkylation reactor identical to the one used, as described above, to react the propylene.
  • the reaction mixture was continuously withdrawn from the alkylation reactor, charged to a settling vessel and settled to provide a catalyst phase and a hydrocarbon phase.
  • the catalyst phase was continuously removed and recycled to the alkylation reactor for further use.
  • the hydrcarbon phase was continuously withdrawn from the settling vessel.
  • the C5 and heavier hydrocarbons in this hydrocarbon phase were separated and recovered as the product of the alkylation process. When this product was analyzed, it was found to have a clear research octane number of 95.2 and a clear motor octane number of 92.5.
  • EXAMPLE 1I In order to demonstrate the superiority of the process of the present invention over other methods for alkylating isobutane with propylene and butylenes, a portion of the same butylenes charge stock used in Example I was mixed with a portion of the same isobutane charge stock used in Example I at an isobutane/C4 oleiins mole ratio of 24:1: This mixture was continuously charged to an alkylation reactor identical to those used in Example I at the rate of 0.5 mole of C., olens per hour and 12 moles isobutane per hour. Simultaneously, hydrogen fluoride alkylation catalyst containing 5 wt. percent hydrogen fluoride, 24 wt.
  • Example II A portion of the same propylene charge stock used in Example I was admixed 'with the hydrocarbons from the settler and continuously charged with them to the reactor at a rate of 0.5 mole propylene per hour. Simultaneously, hydrogen uoride alkylation catalyst containing wt. percent hydrogen fluoride, 4 wt. percent organic diluent and l'wt. percent water, was also continuously charged to the reactor. An 'acid/hydrocarbon volume ratio of 3/2 was maintained in the reactor. The reaction mixture formed in the alkylation reactor was held at a temperature of F. and a pressure of 15 atmospheres for a residence time of 10 minutes.
  • the reaction mixture was continuously withdrawn from the alkylation reaction mixture was continuously withdrawn from the alkylation reactor, passed into a settling vessel and held for a residence time of 5 minutes, whereby the Areaction mixture settled into a catalyst phase and a hydrocarbon phase.
  • the catalyst phase was continuously Withdrawn from the settling vessel and recycled to the reactor for further use.
  • the hydrocarbon phase was continuously Withdrawn from the settling vessel.
  • the C5 and heavier hydrocarbons in this hydrocarbon phase were separated and recovered as the product of the process. When this product was analyzed, it was found to have a clear research octane number of 94.5 and a clear motor octane number of 92.0.
  • Example II By a comparison of the octane numbers of the 'alkylate product obtained as described in Example I with the octane numbers of the product obtained as described in Example II, it is evident that the method of the present invention, as embodied in Example I, is substantially and quite surprisingly superior to the method described in Example II. Although the reasons for the unexpected superiority of the alkylate product in Example I over that in Example II are not completely known, the superiority may be due, in part, to the degradation in the second reactor of the alkylate formed in the first reactor in Example II when it is subjected to the relatively severe conditions, ideal for alkylation of propylene, in the second reactor.
  • Example II Comparison of Example I with Example II further shows that merely by utilizing the rst reactor to alkylate propylene and the second reactor to alkylate butylenes, rather than Vice versa, even when identical reactors and reaction conditions are used, as in Example II, a substantially superior product may be recovered by the method of the present invention, while there is no increase in consumption of reactants, utilities, etc.
  • EXAMPLE I-II In order to illustrate the flexibility of optimum alkylation conditions which may be employed for the alkylation of butylenes in the process of the present invention, a portion of the propylene charge stock described in Example I was combined with a portion of the isobutane charge stock also described in Example I at an isobutane/ propylene mole ratio of 24:1. The combined isobutane and propylene were charged to an alkylation reactor identical to the reactor employed in Example I for the propylene-isobutane reaction. The isobutane and propylene were charged continuously to the reactor at an isobutane flow rate of 12 moles per hour and a propylene ow rate of 0.5 mole per hour.
  • Hydrogen fluoride alkylation catalyst containing 95 wt. percent hydrogen iluoride, 4 wt. percent organic diluent and 1 wt. percent Water was also continuously charged to the reactor.
  • the catalyst and hydrocarbons were contacted to form a reaction mixture and the reaction mixture was maintained at an acid/ hydrocarbon volume ratio of 3/ 2, a temperature of 90 F. and a pressure of 15 atmospheres for a residence time of 10 minutes.
  • Reaction mixture was continuously Withdrawn from the reactor and passed to a settling vessel,
  • Example II By contrasting the conditions employed and the quality of the alkylate produced in Example il with the conditions used and the quality of the alkylate of Example III, it can be seen that by Varying the temperatures in the first reactor and second reactor, and by using a higher strength acid in the second reactor in Example III, a product of significantly higher quality was produced. This surprising result is particularly unexpected, since the quality of the alkylate produced in Example I is substantially higher than that of alkylate produced from the same reactants by conventional methods, and the quality of the alkylate of Example I was also substantially higher than alkylate produced by reversing the order of reaction of the propylene and butylenes, as described in Example II.
  • Examples I and III clearly demonstrate the wide range of conditions at which the present process, particularly the second, butylenes alkylation operation, may be performed.
  • the conditions in the second, butylenes stages of the proces to provide optimum butylenes alkylation conditions, while maintaining the second stage conditions as mild as possible to prevent degradtion of the alkylate produced in the first, propylene alkylation stage, a particularly eicient and satisfactory process is achieved.
  • Propylene alkylation conditions in general, are not as ilexible as butylenes alkylation conditions. Further, the propylene alkylation conditions must, in general, be more severe than butylene alkylation conditions to provide a satisfactory product.
  • EXAMPLE IV The superior ilexibility of the process of the present invention in contrast to the method of Example II was further demonstrated by varying the alkylation conditions using the process of Example II.
  • a portion of the same butylenes charge stock employed in Example I was mixed with a portion of the same isobutane charge stock as used in Example I. The mixture was made at a 24:1 isobutane/ butylenes mole ratio.
  • the isobutanebutylenes mixture was continuously charged to an alkylation reactor identical to those employed in Example I at a flow rate of 0.5 mole butylenes and 12 moles isobutane per hour.
  • Hydrogen uoride alkylation catalyst containing 75 Wt. percent acid, 24 wt.
  • the catalyst and hydrocarbons were admixed at a catalyst/ hydrocarbon volume ratio of 3/2.
  • the reaction mixture was maintained at a temperature of F. and a pressure of l5 atmospheres for a residence time of 10 minutes.
  • Reaction mixture was continuously withdrawn and passed to a settling vessel and held therein for a 5-minute residence time.
  • a catalyst phase and a hydrocarbon phase was thereby settled out.
  • the catalyst phase was withdrawn from the settler and recycled to the reactor for further use in the butylenes alkylation reaction.
  • the hydrocarbon phase was recovered from the settler and continuously passed to an alkylation reactor identical to the one used in the first stage.
  • Example II A portion of the same propylene charge stock used in Example I was admixed with the hydrocarbons recovered from the settler and was thereby also passed to the second stage reactor at a rate of 0.5 mole per hour. Hydrogen iiuoride catalyst containing Wt. percent acid, 4 wt. percent organic diluent, and 1 Wt percent water was simultaneously, continuously charged to the second stage reactor. A catalyst/hydrocarbon volume ratio of 3/2 was maintained. The mixture of hydrocarbons and catalyst was maintained at a temperature of 90 F. and a pressure of l5 atmospheres for a residence time of 10 minutes. Reaction mixture was continuously Withdrawn from the second stage reactor, passed to a settler and held therein for a 5-minute residence time.
  • a catalyst phase and a hydrocarbon phase were separated, and the catalyst phase was continuously withdrawn from the settler and recycled to the second stage reactor for further use.
  • the hydrocarbon phase was withdrawn from the settler and fractionated.
  • the C5 and heavier hydrocarbons were separated from the lighter hydrocarbons and recovered as the alkylate product of the process. When the alkylate product was analyzed, it was found to have a clear research octane number of 95.
  • Example IV produced only a one-half research octane number increase in the alkylate product over Example II.
  • an octane -number increase of one number was achieved over the alkylate of Example I.
  • the method of the present invention used in Example I to provide an alkylate product having an octane number at the lower end of the range obtained using the present process provided an alkylate product superior to that obtained by the method of Examples II and IV.
  • EXAMPLE V In order to illustrate some of the advantages of the process of the present invention over conventional methods for producing alkylate, a conventional operation is performed. Portions of the propylene charge stock and isobutane charge stock described in Example I are combined at an isobutane/propylene mole ratio of l2 to 1. The reactants are contuously charged to an alkylation reactor identical to the one used to alkylate propylene in Example I. The flow rate of reactants is maintained at 6 moles per hour of isobutane and 0.5 mole per hour of propylene. Hydrogen uoride alkylation catalyst, containing 95 Wt. percent hydrogen fluoride, 4 wt. percent organic diluent and 1 wt.
  • the hydrocarbons and catalyst are admixed at an acid/hydrocarbon volume ratio of 3/2 and the reaction mixture is maintained at a temperature of 90 F. and a pressure of 15 atmospheres for a residence time of 10 minutes.
  • the reaction mixture is continuously withdrawn from the reactor and passed to a settling vessel. 'Ihe reaction mixture is held in the settler for a residence time of 5 minutes, whereby a catalyst phase and a hydrocarbon phase are formed.
  • the catalyst phase is withdrawn from the settler and recycled to the reactor for further use.
  • the hydrocarbon phase is withdrawn from the settler and recovered.
  • reaction mixture is continuously withdrawn from the reactor, passed to a settler, and separated therein into a catalyst phase and a hydrocarbon phase. A residence time in the settler of 5 minutes is maintained.
  • the catalyst phase is continuously withdrawn from the settler and recycled to the reactor for further use.
  • the hydrocarbon phase is withdrawn from the settler and combined with the hydrocarbon phase recovered from the propylene alkylation settler described above. The C5 and heavier hydrocarbons from this combined hydrocarbon phase are separated from the lighter hydrocarbons and recovered as the product of the process. This alkylate product is analyzed and found to have a clear research octane number of 94.5.
  • Example V By comparing the quality of the alkylate produced in Example V with the quality of the alkylates produced in Example I and Example III, it can be seen that the process of the present invention is capable of producing a substantially superior alkylate product. Comparing the amount of reactants charged in Examples I and III with the amount of reactants charged in Example V shows that the exact same amounts of reactants were used in all three examples, with substantially the same alkylation conditions used in the reactors. Thus, the superiority of the process of this invention is clearly demonstrated.
  • EXAMPLE VI The process of the present invention is further compared with conventional alkylation techniques by performing a typical conventional alkylation process wherein the propylene and butylene reactants are combined.
  • the same propylene, butylene, and isobutane reactants as employed in Example I are utilized.
  • the reactants are admixed to provide a 24:1 isobutane/propylene mole ratio, a 24:1 isobutane/butylenes mole ratio and an overall isobutane/olens mole ratio of 12:1.
  • 'Ihe reactants are continuously charged to an alkylation reactor identical to those employed in Example I.
  • a flow rate of 12 moles per hour of isobutane, 0.5 mole per hour of butylenes and 0.5 mole per hour of propylene is maintained.
  • hydrogen fluoride catalyst containing 89 wt. percent acid, 10 wt. percent organic diluent and 1 wt. percent Water is also charged to the reactor.
  • a 3/2 volume ratio of catalyst to hydrocarbons is maintained in the reaction mixture.
  • a temperature of 90 F. and a pressure of 15 atmospheres are also maintained.
  • the reaction mixture is continuously withdrawn from the reactor, passed to a settler, and held therein for 5 minutes residence time.
  • the resulting catalyst phase is withdrawn from the settler and recycled to the reactor for further use.
  • the hydrocarbon phase resulting from the settling operation is withdrawn from the settler and fractionated. 'Ihe C5 and heavier hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon phase are separated and recovered as the alkylate product of the process. This alkylate product is analyzed and found to have a clear research octane number of 93.5.
  • EXAMPLE VII A proce/ss according to the present invention, identical to that used in Example III, was employed, the only difference being that a temperature of 68 F. was maintained in the second stage reactor wherein the butylenes reactant Was alkylated, in contrast to Example III, in which a temperature of F. was employed.
  • the hydrocarbons removed from the second stage settler were separated into a C5
  • the C54- fraction was recovered as the alkylate product of the operation and analyzed. It was found to have a research octane number of 96.2, identical to that of the alkylate produced by the method of Example III.
  • EXAMPLE VIII In a further demonstration of the utility of the process of the present invention, the alkylate products produced in Examples II, III, and VII were further analyzed to determine the friction of C9 and heavier hydrocarbons produced by the embodiments of these examples. It was found that the alkylate product produced in Examples III and VII, by the process of the present invention, contained only 4 wt. percent C9 and heavier hydrocarbons, while the product produced using the method of Example II, by merely reversing the order of reaction of the lighter and heavier olens from the order taught according to the process of this invention, contained 6.2 wt. percent C9 and heavier hydrocarbons. The alkylate product obtained by the conventional processes of Examples V and VI is also analyzed and found to comprise 5 wt. percent C9 and heavier hydrocarbons. It is thus apparent that the process of the invention provides a method for producing an alkylate product having an end boiling point substantially below the end points of alkylates obtained using prior art and other alkylation processes.
  • a process for producing an alkylation reaction product from an isoparan reactant, a lighter oleiinic reactant and a heavier olenic reactant which comprises the steps of:
  • said first alkylation catalyst is a hydrogen fluoride alkylation catalyst comprising about 80 wt. percent to about 99 wt. percent hydrogen fluoride and said first alkylation conditions include a temperature of about 60 F. to about 150 F.
  • said second alkylation catalyst is a hydrogen iiuoride alkylation catalyst comprising about 65 Wt. percent to about 95 Wt. percent hydrogen uoride and said second alkylation conditions include a temperature of about 0 F. to about 110 F.
  • said first alkylation catalyst is selected from sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid and a crystalline aluminosilicate catalytioally active for isoparafn-olefin alkylation.
  • said second alkylation catalyst is selected from sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid and a crystalline aluminosilicate catalytioally active for isoparaflinolen alkylation.
  • said rst alkylation conditions include a temperature of about F. to about 120 F. and said rst alkylation catalyst comprises about wt. percent to about 99 wt. percent hydrogen fluoride.

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