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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harold Edward Gimpel, Sugarland, TX (US);
Eric Wing-Tak Wong, Houston, TX (US);
Kourosh Faiz Ghassemi, Galveston, TX (US);
Assignee:
The M. W. Kellogg Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
585804 ; 585449 ; 585450 ; 208351 ; 208357 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and process for separating propane and benzene from alkylation reaction products in cumene production. An integrated fractionation tower combines the functions of propane separation, recycle benzene recovery as well as system dewatering to eliminate the need for separate depropanizer and dehydration columns and thus save capital and operating expenses.