PROCESSES AND APPARATUSES FOR PRODUCING A SUBSTANTIALLY LINEAR PARAFFIN PRODUCT

摘要

Processes and apparatuses are provided for producing a normal paraffin product or a substantially linear paraffin product from a feed including normal hydrocarbons, non-normal hydrocarbons, and contaminants. The contaminants are extracted from the feed through contact with an ionic liquid stream to form a clean stream of hydrocarbons. The desired hydrocarbons are selectively adsorbed from the clean stream of hydrocarbons with a molecular sieve to remove the desired hydrocarbons from the non-desired hydrocarbons. A desorbent recovers the desired hydrocarbons from the molecular sieve. Then the desired hydrocarbons are separated from the desorbent to yield the normal paraffin product.