Institut Francais Du Pe'trole

Ifp Energies Nouvelles

Axens

Jean-Alain Chodorge

Jean Cosyns

Dominique Commereuc

Bernard Torck

Didier Duee

Alain Forestiere

Blaise Didillon

Jean-Charles Viltard

Pierre Boucot

Laurent Bournay

Michel Dorbon

Gerard Hillion

Jerome Pigourier

Pierre-Yves Martin

Charles Bronner

Yves Glaize

Jérôme Pigourier

Daniel-Jean Vinel

Francedillaois Hughes

Christian Dupraz

A process for recovering 1-hexene comprising: a) separating the mixture obtained from the ethylene trimerization reaction into a top fraction comprising ethylene and a bottom fraction, b) separating a portion of the bottom fraction obtained from step a) into a top fraction comprising 1-hexene and 1-butene and a bottom fraction, c) separating a portion of the fraction comprising 1-hexene and 1-butene obtained from step b) into a top fraction principally comprising 1-butene and into a bottom fraction principally comprising 1-hexene, and in said process: a portion of the bottom fraction obtained from step b) is returned to the reaction section and another portion of said bottom fraction obtained from step b) is used in a recirculation loop connecting the reaction section and the column of said step b), said recirculation loop being used to cool the reaction section and to reboil said column of step b).

Process for separating 1-hexene from a mixture of products obtained from an ethylene trimerization zone

A process for producing high purity propylene comprises:

Production of propylene employing dimerising ethylene to 1-butene, hydroisomerization to 2-butene and metathesis by ethylene

Alkyl esters of fatty acids, and high purity glycerin, are produced using a process comprising a set of transesterification reactions between a vegetable or animal oil and an aliphatic monoalcohol employing a heterogeneous catalyst, for example based on zinc aluminate, the water content in the reaction medium being controlled to a value that is below a given limiting value.

Process for producing alkyl esters from a vegetable or animal oil and an aliphatic monoalcohol

The present invention concerns a process for the conversion of an olefinic C,cut to polyisobutene and to propylene by metathesis. The process comprises three successive steps: (1) selective hydrogenation of diolefins with simultaneous isomerisation of 1-butene to 2-butenes, (2) polymerisation of the isobutene, including optional prior extraction of the isobutene, (3) metathesis of 2-butene with ethylene. Part or all of the C,cut may originate from the metathesis of an olefinic C,cut with ethylene after hydroisomerisation of the C,cut. Application to C,and C,steam cracking cuts.

Process and plant for the conversion of olefinic C4 cuts to polyisobutene and to propylene

The present invention concerns a plant for the conversion of an olefinic C.sub.4 or C.sub.5 cut to an alkyl-tertiobutylether or alkyl-tertioamylether and to propylene, by metathesis. The plant comprises four successive stages: (1) selective hydrogenation of the diolefins with simultaneous isomerisation of the alpha olefins to internal olefins; (2) etherification of the isoolefins; (3) elimination of oxygen-containing impurities; (4) metathesis of internal olefins with ethylene. Application to C.sub.4 and C.sub.5 steam cracking units.

Plant for the conversion of olefinic C.sub.4 and C.sub.5 cuts to an

The invention relates to a process for producing high purity isobutene from a hydrocarbon cut essentially comprising olefinic hydrocarbons containing 4 carbon atoms per molecule including isobutene, also butene-1 and butene-2 compounds in a ratio which substantially corresponds to the thermodynamic equilibrium. The process comprises passing the cut into a distillation zone (3) associated with a hydroisomerisation reaction zone, the bottom product of the distillation zone comprising butene-2 compounds being passed into a skeletal isomerisation zone (2) where the linear butenes are at least partially isomerised to isobutene, at least part of the principal effluent from the skeletal isomerisation zone being recycled upstream of the reactive distillation zone (3).

Process for the production of high purity isobutene combining reactive

The invention relates to a process for producing high purity isobutene from a hydrocarbon cut essentially comprising olefinic hydrocarbons containing 4 carbon atoms per molecule including isobutene, also butene-1 and butene-2 compounds in a ratio which substantially corresponds to the thermodynamic equilibrium. The process comprises passing the cut into a distillation zone (3) associated with a hydroisomerization reaction zone, the bottom product of the distillation zone comprising butene-2 compoundw being passed into a second distillation zone (4), preferably an extractive distillation zone, to obtain a first effluent comprising butene-2 compounds as its major portion and a second effluent comprising normal-butane as its major portion, the major portion of the first effluent being passed into a skeletal isomerization zone (2) where the linear butenes are at least partially isomerized to isobutene, at least part of the principal effluent from the skeletal isomerization zone being recycled upstream of the reactive distillation zone (1).

For the conversion of an olefinic C.sub.4 or C.sub.5 cut to an alkyl-tertiobutylether or alkyl-tertioamylether and to propylene, by metathesis, the process comprises four successive steps: (1) selective hydrogenation of the diolefins with simultaneous isomerisation of the alpha olefins to internal olefins; (2) etherification of the isoolefins; (3) elimination of oxygen-containing impurities; (4) metathesis of internal olefins with ethylene. The process has application, e.g., to C.sub.4 and C.sub.5 steam cracking cuts.

Process and plant for the conversion of olefinic C.sub.4 and C.sub.5

The present invention concerns a process for the conversion of an olefinic C.sub.4 cut to polyisobutene and to propylene by metathesis. The process comprises three successive steps: (1) selective hydrogenation of diolefins with simultaneous isomerisation of 1-butene to 2-butenes, (2) polymerisation of the isobutene, including optional prior extraction of the isobutene, (3) metathesis of 2-butene with ethylene. Part or all of the C.sub.4 cut may originate from the metathesis of an olefinic C.sub.5 cut with ethylene after hydroisomerisation of the C.sub.5 cut. Application to C.sub.4 and C.sub.5 steam cracking cuts.

Process and plant for the conversion of olefinic C.sub.4 cuts to

The invention concerns a process for the separation of a mixture comprising ethylene, 1-butene, alpha-olefins containing at least 6 carbon atoms per molecule and possibly heavier hydrocarbon products, the ethylene content of the mixture being in the range 30% to 70% by weight, in which separation is effected in a distillation zone to obtain an overhead fraction comprising the major portion of the ethylene present in the mixture and between 0% and 100% by weight of the 1-butene present in the mixture, the process being characterized in that the zone is also supplied with supplemental 1-butene in an amount in the range 1 to 40 times the quantity (by weight) of 1-butene present in the mixture. In a preferred implementation of the process of the invention, the mixture originates form a homogenous liquid phase ethylene oligomerisation zone.

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Jean-Alain Chodorge