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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2012
Uop Llc, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Bruce R. Beadle, Kildeer, IL (US);
Jayant K. Gorawara, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Vladislav I. Kanazirev, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Wugeng Liang, Elgin, IL (US);
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
A process for process for reducing one or more of corrosion, fouling, solvent degradation, or zeolite degradation in a process unit is described. The process includes introducing the hydrocarbon feedstream containing oxygen to an adsorbent bed containing copper and reacting the oxygen with the copper to form copper oxide and a reduced oxygen feedstream, and introducing the reduced oxygen feedstream into the process unit. A process for reducing one or more of corrosion, fouling, solvent degradation, or zeolite degradation in an aromatics extraction unit is also described.