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Anton N Mlinar

Jason L Noe

Gregory A Ernst

R Jason L Noe

Jason T Corradi

James A Johnson

Patrick C Whitchurch

Joseph A Montalbano

Robert E Tsai

Leonid Bresler

Abhishek M Pednekar

Nikunj Manubhai Patel

Veronica G Deak

Ashish Suresh Bambal

The present invention relates to dual extract flush for feeds for xylene extraction processes. More specifically, the present invention relates to dual extract flush for feeds for simulated moving bed extraction processes. It decouples line flush in and line flush out, providing a means for optimizing each flush independently. This scheme will allow for minimizing each bedline and flushing each according to its own bedline volume, which will minimize any additional non-ideal compositions added to the chambers or downstream fractionation.

Process for a dual extract flush

Processes and apparatuses for producing a Caromatic isomer product are provided. The processes comprise introducing a raffinate product stream comprising Caromatic isomers to an isomerization unit to provide an isomerized stream. The isomerized stream is separated to provide a first stream comprising Cnaphthenes and Caromatic hydrocarbons and a second stream comprising Caromatic isomers. The first stream is passed to an extractive distillation column to provide a recycle feedstream comprising the Cnaphthenes and an extract stream comprising the Caromatic hydrocarbons. The recycle feedstream is passed to the isomerization unit.

Processes and apparatuses for naphthene recycle in the production of aromatic products

Process for producing para-xylene are described. The processes utilize a dual raffinate approach. Two raffinate streams from the adsorption separation unit are fed to the raffinate distillation column independently to take advantage of the differing desorbent concentrations in the two raffinate streams. The process yields significant reboiler duty savings and a reduction in overall fired fuel needed.

Process for producing para-xylene using two feed raffinate column

Processes and apparatuses for producing para-xylenes are provided. The processes comprises providing a hydrocarbon stream comprising C7+ hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbon stream is separated to provide a C8 aromatics stream and an ortho-xylene rich stream. The C8 aromatics stream is passed to a para-xylene separation unit for separating para-xylene to provide a para-xylene stream and a raffinate stream. At least a portion of the raffinate stream is passed to a first isomerization unit to provide a first isomerization effluent, wherein the first isomerization effluent is produced in the presence of an ethylbenzene (EB) isomerization catalyst. At least a portion of the ortho-xylene rich stream is contacted with an isomerization catalyst in a second isomerization unit in liquid phase at isomerization conditions in substantial absence of hydrogen to produce a second isomerization effluent.

Process and apparatus for improved para-xylene yield in an aromatic complex

It is desirable to provide improved processes and apparatuses for methylation of aromatic compounds such as toluene and benzene in an aromatics complex. Described herein are processes and apparatuses for methylation of aromatics in an aromatics complex for producing a xylene isomer product. More specifically, processes and apparatuses for producing para-xylene by the selective methylation of toluene and/or benzene in an aromatics complex.

Processes and apparatuses for methylation of aromatics in an aromatics complex

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