PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF PROPYLENE AND AROMATIC HYDROCARBON, AND APPARATUS FOR THE PROCESS

摘要

Disclosed is an improved process for production of propylene and an aromatic hydrocarbon from a hydrocarbon raw material containing an olefin having 4 to 12 carbon atoms by using a catalyst containing a middle-pore zeolite, wherein the yields of the both products can be varied in a simple manner and the products can be produced stably and with good efficiency. The process comprises: a propylene production step for removing a hydrocarbon component having 4 or more carbon atoms from a reaction mixture by using a specific zeolite catalyst and, if required, recycling a part of the hydrocarbon component without any modification; and an aromatic hydrocarbon production step wherein the entire or a part of the hydrocarbon component having 4 or more carbon atoms is used as a starting material.