摘要 |
The alcohol, ether and hydrocarbon components of the reaction effluent from various etherifications of C4 or C5 isoolefins with an alcohol such as methanol or ethanol which produce MTBE, ETBE, TAME, or TAEE are separated using identical process equipment. The components are recovered by first removing a portion of the alcohol in a first water extraction step, then fractionating the ether, followed by the removal of additional alcohol in a second water extraction step and then fractionating the alcohol. Hydrocarbons are recovered from a extract stream of the second water extraction step. |