Tag Archives for Paraffins
Uhde STAR process (dehydrogenation of light paraffins to olefins)
The steam active reforming (STAR) process produces (a) propylene as feedstock for polypropylene, propylene oxide, cumene, acrylonitrile or other propylene derivatives, and (b) butylenes as feedstock for methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), alkylate, isooctane, polybutylenes or other butylene derivatives. Feed: … Continue reading
Normal Paraffins Process by UOP LLC
The Molex process recovers normal C10 – C13 paraffins from kerosine using UOP’s innovative Sorbex adsorptive separation technology. Straight-run kerosine is fed to a stripper (1) and a rerun column (2) to remove light and heavy materials. The remaining heart-cut … Continue reading