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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2012
Machteld M. W. Mertens, Flemington, NJ (US);
Geraldine Tosin, Notre Dame de Gravenchon, FR;
Jean W. Beeckman, Columbia, MD (US);
Hans K. T. Goris, Laakdal, BE;
Georges M. K. Mathys, Bierbeek, BE;
Machteld M. W. Mertens, Flemington, NJ (US);
Geraldine Tosin, Notre Dame de Gravenchon, FR;
Jean W. Beeckman, Columbia, MD (US);
Hans K. T. Goris, Laakdal, BE;
Georges M. K. Mathys, Bierbeek, BE;
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to an olefin oligomerization process comprising the steps of: i) contacting a feed comprising olefins and nitriles with a guard bed comprising eta alumina; and ii) contacting the feed obtained in step i) with an oligomerization catalyst under conditions suitable to oligomerize the olefins in the feed. It also relates to the use of a guard bed comprising eta-alumina for reducing the content of basic organic compounds in a hydrocarbon feed.