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Conocophillips Company

Robert M Gray

Keith W Hovis

M Bruce Welch

Bruce B Randolph

Roland Schmidt

Richard L Anderson

A process for disproportionating isopentane into isomers of hexane and butane that utilizes a fixed bed reactor employing a catalyst composition comprising aluminum halide. The process additionally includes a product separation zone which can be configured to recover and return at least a portion of the isopentane product stream to the inlet of the disproportionation reactor.

Disproportionation of isopentane

A system for increasing the isobutane to olefin ratio in an alkylation process/system is disclosed. The system includes provisions for charging a portion of the settler effluent as a feed to at least one reaction zone downflow from the first reaction zone of a multi-zone alkylation reactor along with a portion of the olefin feed to the multi-zone alkylation reactor.

Multi-zoned alkylation reactor with settler effluent recycle

A method is disclosed for removing water from an alkylation process system using a water removal column to remove water from a re-run column (catalyst regeneration column) overhead stream.

Method for removing water from an alkylation process system

A system and/or process for increasing the isobutane to olefin ratio in an alkylation process/system is disclosed. The system and/or process includes provisions for charging a portion of the settler effluent as a feed to at least one reaction zone downflow from the first reaction zone of a multi-zone alkylation reactor along with a portion of the olefin feed to the multi-zone alkylation reactor.

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Sapulpa, OK, United States of America

Robert M Gray