COMBINED ETHER AND ALKYLATE PRODUCTION

摘要

A process and system for producing an ether from an alcohol and a tertiary olefin wherein inerts are present in and are removed from the alcohol prior to the ether production, so that unreacted olefins recovered from the ether manufacture can be used to alkylate an isoparaffin without the problem of contaminants and/or inerts accumulating in the overhead system of the alkylation fractionation, which accumulation of contaminants and/or inerts requires venting of contaminants and/or inerts with the resultant loss of alkylation catalyst and light hydrocarbons such as propane from the alkylation operation.