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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Uop Llc, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Robert J. Sanger, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for separating para-xylene are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, a method for separating para-xylene includes the steps of providing a feed stream including para-xylene and other Caromatic hydrocarbons to a first adsorbent bed within a radial flow simulated moving bed chamber and providing a desorbent stream to a second bed within the radial flow simulated moving bed chamber. The method further includes circulating the feed stream and the desorbent stream radially within the radial flow simulated moving bed chamber to third and fourth beds within the radial flow simulated moving bed chamber. Still further, the method includes withdrawing an extract stream including the para-xylene from the third bed and withdrawing a raffinate stream including the other Caromatic hydrocarbons from the fourth bed.