Process för isomerisering av C4-C6-kolväten med väte utan cirkulering

摘要

A process for the isomerization of C4-C6 paraffins with good stability and high conversion that uses a highly active catalyst to isomerize the feed (10) in the presence of very little hydrogen (14) which is selected so that the hydrogen to hydrocarbon mole ratio of the effluent (46) is 0.05:1 or less, and hydrogen is not recycled. Continued operation at low hydrogen concentrations in the reaction is made possible by the remarkably low coking tendency of the catalyst, especially during periods of temporary sulfur deactivation. The low hydrogen to hydrocarbon mole ratio feature simplifies the process and makes it cheaper to operate by eliminating facilities for the recovery and recycle of hydrogen. The catalyst comprises alumina having 0.01 to 25 wt.% of platinum, and from 2 to 10 wt.% of a chloride component. The isomerization conditions in isomerization zone (16) include a temperature of 40 to 235C, a pressure of 7 to 70 barsg and a space velocity of 0.1 to 10 hr<-><1>. A chloride concentration of 30 to 300 ppm is maintained in the reaction zone (16).