The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1992
Paulino Forte, Yonkers, NY (US);
UOP, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for the recovery of aromatic hydrocarbons from the extract phase of aromatic-selective solvent extraction process which involves withdrawing a vapor side-cut fraction containing aromatic hydrocarbons and solvent from a stripping zone and passing the side-cut fraction to a rectification zone which can be refluxed with an aqueous condensate. The benefits of the invention are that the introduction of the rectification zone bottoms to the bottom of the stripping section provides an aromatic product comprising less than 100 wt. ppm. solvent, provides improved stripping over prior schemes, and reduces the flowrate of stripping medium throughout the stripping zone which results in energy saving.