摘要 |
The amount of the adsorbent needed to recover a set quantity of monomethyl branched C10-C15 paraffins from a mixture comprising normal paraffins and other nonnormal hydrocarbons such as di-isoparaffins, di-isoolefins, naphthenes and aromatics by simulated moving bed adsorptive separation is reduced by adjusting three operating factors: percentage recovery of the paraffin, operating temperature and cycle time. This reduces the capital cost of the process. The recovered monomethyl hydrocarbons may be used to form a monomethyl branched alkylaromatic hydrocarbon useful as a detergent precursor. |