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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2014
Uop Llc, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Tom N. Kalnes, LaGrange, IL (US);
Stuart Smith, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Mary Wier, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Alakananda Bhattacharyya, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Hayim Abrevaya, Kenilworth, IL (US);
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
A flexible process for gasoline refineries is described. The process can vary depending on the available feedstock and the desired products. At one time, the process can involve disproportionating pentanes to a product mixture including isobutane and isohexane. At other times, by switching the feedstock and operating conditions, the process can convert a mixture of Cand Cparaffins to a low aromatic blendstock with suitable octane and a vapor pressure lower than butanes. The process can be performed in separate stand-alone units operated at different times, or a single unit can be operated according to one process at one time and according to the other process at another time.