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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2006
Santi Kulprathipanja, Inverness, IL (US);
James W. Priegnitz, Elgin, IL (US);
Stephen W. Sohn, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Bryan K. Glover, Algonquin, IL (US);
Bipin V. Vora, Naperville, IL (US);
Santi Kulprathipanja, Inverness, IL (US);
James W. Priegnitz, Elgin, IL (US);
Stephen W. Sohn, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Bryan K. Glover, Algonquin, IL (US);
Bipin V. Vora, Naperville, IL (US);
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention comprises a process for removal of oxygenates from a paraffin-rich or olefin-rich paraffin stream which comprises passing a feed stream, comprising one or more Cto Cfeed paraffins or Cto Colefin-rich paraffin stream and one or more oxygenates through an adsorbent bed comprising one or more adsorbents selected from silica gel, activated alumina and sodium x zeolites to remove essentially all of said oxygenates; and recovering said paraffins. A second adsorbent bed may be employed to more thoroughly remove these oxygenates.