PROCESS FOR SEPARATING NORMAL PARAFFINS FROM HYDROCARBONS AND APPLICATIONS FOR THE SEPARATED HYDROCARBONS

摘要

There is provided with a process for separating normal paraffins from hydrocarbons of C5-10 using zeolite molecular sieve 5A, which comprises the steps of (a) selective adsorption (b) cocurrent purge (c) countercurrent desorption. The present process employs butane for purge and desorption step to achieve excellent desorption efficiency and recycles butane in liquid phase to reduce the investment cost. The optimum operating conditions for feedstock change and adsorption capacity reduction are determined by NIR system for on-line monitoring and control. The separated normal paraffins can be efficiently applied to raw material for ethylene production and the separated non-normal paraffins can be efficiently applied to raw material for aromatic hydrocarbons production.