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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Uop Llc, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Inventors:
Joseph A. Montalbano, Elmhurst, IL (US);
R. Jason L. Noe, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Veronica G. Deak, Chicago, IL (US);
Anton N. Mlinar, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Robert E. Tsai, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Assignee:
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 2/64 (2006.01); B01J 19/24 (2006.01); C07C 6/06 (2006.01); C07C 2/86 (2006.01); C07C 6/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 2/64 (2013.01); B01J 19/24 (2013.01); C07C 2/864 (2013.01); C07C 6/06 (2013.01); C07C 6/126 (2013.01); B01J 2219/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.