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Control system for multistage chemical upgrading

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OSTI ID:6590388

A continuous catalytic process is described for converting olefinic feedstock comprising ethylene and C/sub 3/+ olefins to heavier liquid hydrocarbon product comprising the steps of: prefractionating the olefinic feedstock to obtain a gaseous stream rich in ethylene and a first liquid olefinic stream comprising C/sub 3/-C/sub 4/ olefin; passing the C/sub 3/-C/sub 4/ liquid olefinic stream to a first accumulator vessel; contacting a major stream portion of the C/sub 3/-C/sub 4/ olefins from the accumulator vessel with shape selective medium pore zeolite oligomerization catalyst in a distillate mode catalytic reactor zone at elevated temperature and pressure to provide a heavier hydrocarbon effluent stream comprising distillate, gasoline and light hydrocarbons; fractionating the effluent stream to recover distillate, gasoline and a second C/sub 3/-C/sub 4/ hydrocarbon stream containing isobutane; and further reacting a stoichiometric excess of isobutane from the second C/sub 3/-C/sub 4/ hydrocarbon stream with a minor stream of C/sub 3/-C/sub 4/ olefin from the first accumulator vessel in an alkylation reactor zone in the presence of acid alkylation catalyst to produce an effluent stream containing C/sub 7/+ alkylate.

Assignee:
Mobil Oil Corp., New York, NY
Patent Number(s):
US 4658073
OSTI ID:
6590388
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English