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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1993
Giancarlo Paret, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Renato Paludetto, Pioltello, IT;
Enichem S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
A processing cycle for separating C.sub.8 aromatics (mixtures of ortho-, para-, meta-xylene and ethylbenzene) is disclosed, in which a first subdivision of the mixture is preformed into two streams respectively comprising: para-xylene and ethylbenzene as the first stream; and meta- and ortho-xylene as the second stream followed by a separation of the first stream by rectification, during which ethylbenzene within specifications is obtained as the overhead fraction, with the second stream also being sent to a separation by rectification, with ortho-xylene within specifications being obtained as the bottom fraction. The possible content of C.sub.9 species can be furthermore removed by subsequent distillation.