Institut Francais Du Pe'trole

Institut Fran.cedilla.ais Du Petrole

Michel Dorbon

Blaise Didillon

Jean-Charles Viltard

Jean Cosyns

Charles Cameron

Christine Travers

Paul Mikitenko

Jean-Luc Nocca

Francoise Montecot

Jean-Alain Chodorge

Alain Forestiere

Fran&ccedil;ois Hugues

Heinz Unterberg

G&uuml;nter Sch&uuml;mmer

William Brown

For obtaining butene-1 from butene-2, a charge containing at least one of the isomers of butene-2 is introduced into a distillation zone linked to a hydro-isomerization zone. Part of the effluent from the bottom of the distillation column is removed from the distillation zone, heated in a heat exchanger and passed into an external hydro-isomerization zone. The hydro-isomerization effluent is removed from the hydro-isomerization zone, cooled in a heat exchanger, and then reintroduced into the distillation zone. Effluent containing butene-1 is withdrawn from the top of the column of the distillation zone.

Process for obtaining butene-1

A process for processing a feedstock comprising a major amount of olefinic hydrocarbons having 4 carbon atoms per molecule, including isobutene as well as but-1-ene and but-2-enes, wherein the process comprises processing said feedstock in a distillation zone associated with a hydroisomerization reaction zone located at least partly external to the distillation zone, said processing comprising drawing at the height of a draw-off level of the distillation zone at least part of the liquid flowing in the distillation zone, passing said liquid into the external hydroisomerization reaction zone to form a hydroisomerized effluent, and reintroducing at least part of the effluent from said reaction zone reintroduced into the distillation zone at one or more reintroduction level(s), so as to ensure the continuity of the distillation.

Method for producing high purity isobutylene from a butane plus fraction containing isobutylene and butylene-1

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 concerns a reactive distillation process comprising a distillation zone, associated with a reaction zone which is at least in part internal to said distillation zone and comprises at least one catalytic bed in which the feed is transformed in the presence of a catalyst and at least one gas stream containing hydrogen, characterized in that each catalytic bed in the internal portion of said reaction zone is traversed by said gas stream and liquid in ascending co-current mode. The invention particularly concerns selective hydrogenation processes for light unsaturated hydrocarbons, mainly any olefins and benzene, comprised in a mixture, the major portion of which is constituted by hydrocarbons containing at least five carbon atoms per molecule.

Hydrogenation process comprising a catalytic distillation zone

For the treatment of a feed comprising a major portion of olefinic hydrocarbons containing 4 carbon atoms per molecule, including isobutene, 1-butene and 2-butenes in a ratio which substantially corresponds to the thermodynamic equilibrium, in which the feed is treated in a distillation zone comprising a stripping zone and a rectification zone associated with at least one hydroisomerization reaction zone, the hydroisomerization reaction zone being at least partially internal to the distillation zone and comprising at least one catalytic bed, in which hydroisomerization of at least a portion of 1-butene is carried out in the presence of a hydroisomerization catalyst and at least one gas stream comprising hydrogen, such that an effluent rich in isobutene leaves the distillation zone overhead and an effluent rich in 2-butenes leaves the bottom, the process being characterized in that each catalytic bed in the internal portion of the hydroisomerization zone is traversed by an ascending co-current of the gas stream and liquid and is substantially out of contact with the distillation vapor.

Apparatus comprising a catalytic distillation zone comprising a reaction

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).

The invention concerns a reactive distillation apparatus comprising a distillation zone, associated with a reaction zone which is at least in part internal to said distillation zone and comprises at least one catalytic bed in which the feed is transformed in the presence of a catalyst and at least one gas stream containing hydrogen, characterized in that each catalytic bed in the internal portion of said reaction zone is traversed by said gas stream and liquid in ascending co-current mode. The invention also concerns selective hydrogenation processes for light unsaturated hydrocarbons, mainly any olefins and benzene, comprised in a mixture the major portion of which is constituted by hydrocarbons containing at least five carbon atoms per molecule, and the hydroisomerisation of at least a portion of the 1-butene contained in a feed the major portion of which is constituted by olefinic hydrocarbons including isobutene, also 1-butene and 2-butenes in a ratio which substantially corresponds to the thermodynamic equilibrium.

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Lyons, France

Michel Dorbon