6504 results about "Alkylation" patented technology

The present invention pertains to a method for manufacturing alkylate oil using a composite ionic liquid as catalyst. A mixture of isobutane and C4 olefins is used as the raw material, and a composite ionic liquid is used as catalyst to carry out an alkylation reaction. The alkane / olefin ratio in the raw material is higher than 1:1. In the composition of the aforementioned composite ionic liquid catalyst, the cations come from a hydrohalide of an alkyl-containing amine or pyridine, while the anions are composite coordinate anions coming from two or more metal compounds. One of the metal compounds is an aluminum compound, while other metal compounds are compounds of Group IB and Group IIB elements of the Periodic Table and the transition metals. The present invention also provides a design of static mixer reaction apparatus that can realize the aforementioned manufacturing method. The method of the present invention increases the selectivity of the alkylation reaction to give the alkylation product a relatively high octane number and further increase the product yield. Also, the manufacturing operation is simplified, and the cost can be reduced. This method is an environmentally friendly method that will not pollute the environment.

Processes and reactor systems are provided for the conversion of oxygenated hydrocarbons to paraffins useful as liquid fuels. The process involves the conversion of water soluble oxygenated hydrocarbons to oxygenates, such as alcohols, furans, ketones, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, diols, triols, and / or other polyols, followed by the subsequent conversion of the oxygenates to paraffins by dehydration and alkylation. The oxygenated hydrocarbons may originate from any source, but are preferably derived from biomass.

The present invention pertains to a method for manufacturing alkylate oil using a composite ionic liquid as catalyst. A mixture of isobutane and C4 olefins is used as the raw material, and a composite ionic liquid is used as catalyst to carry out an alkylation reaction. The alkane / olefin ratio in the raw material is higher than 1:1. In the composition of the aforementioned composite ionic liquid catalyst, the cations come from a hydrohalide of an alkyl-containing amine or pyridine, while the anions are composite coordinate anions coming from two or more metal compounds. One of the metal compounds is an aluminum compound, while other metal compounds are compounds of Group IB and Group IIB elements of the Periodic Table and the transition metals. The present invention also provides a design of static mixer reaction apparatus that can realize the aforementioned manufacturing method. The method of the present invention increases the selectivity of the alkylation reaction to give the alkylation product a relatively high octane number and further increase the product yield. Also, the manufacturing operation is simplified, and the cost can be reduced. This method is an environmentally friendly method that will not pollute the environment.

There is described a process and a catalyst for the hydroalkylation of an aromatic hydrocarbon, particularly benzene, wherein the catalyst comprises a first metal having hydrogenation activity and a crystalline inorganic oxide material having a X-ray diffraction pattern including the following d-spacing maxima 12.4±0.25, 6.9±0.15, 3.57±0.07 and 3.42±0.07.

A process for preparing dimethylbenzene by aromatization of methanol relates to a process for preparing dimethylbenzene by conducting aromatization reaction in a methanol aromatization reactor with methanol and hydrocarbon as raw materials. The process uses a metal-modified molecular sieve composite material as catalyst and causes the mixture of methanol and one or a plurality of C1-C12 hydrocarbons to conduct aromatization reaction in the methanol aromatization reactor. By adjusting the ratio between methanol and hydrocarbons in the raw material, the process regulates and controls the coordination between aromatization and alkylation reaction and realizes the purposes of effectively improving the yield of the target product dimethylbenzene and prolonging the service cycle of catalyst.

An integrated refining process for the production of high quality gasoline blending components from low value components is disclosed. In addition there is disclosed a method of improving the operating efficiency of a refinery by reducing fuel gas production and simultaneously producing high quality gasoline blending components of low volatility. The processes involve the alkylation of a refinery stream containing pentane with ethylene using an ionic liquid catalyst.

A high-yield process for converting lignin into reformulated, partially oxygenated gasoline compositions of high quality is provided. The process is a two-stage catalytic reaction process that produces a reformulated, partially oxygenated gasoline product with a controlled amount of aromatics. In the first stage of the process, a lignin feed material is subjected to a base-catalyzed depolymerization reaction, followed by a selective hydrocracking reaction which utilizes a superacid catalyst to produce a high oxygen-content depolymerized lignin product mainly composed of alkylated phenols, alkylated alkoxyphenols, and alkylbenzenes. In the second stage of the process, the depolymerized lignin product is subjected to an exhaustive etherification reaction, optionally followed by a partial ring hydrogenation reaction, to produce a reformulated, partially oxygenated / etherified gasoline product, which includes a mixture of substituted phenyl / methyl ethers, cycloalkyl methyl ethers, C7-C10 alkylbenzenes, C6-C10 branched and multibranched paraffins, and alkylated and polyalkylated cycloalkanes.

There is provided a process for converting methanol and / or dimethyl ether to a product containing C2 to C4 olefins which comprises the step of contacting a feed which contains methanol and / or dimethyl ether with a catalyst comprising a porous crystalline material, said contacting step being conducted in the presence of an aromatic compound under conversion conditions including a temperature of 350 DEG C. to 480 DEG C. and a methanol partial pressure in excess of 10 psia (70 kPa), said porous crystalline material having a pore size greater than the critical diameter of the aromatic compound and the aromatic compound being capable of alkylation by the methanol and / or dimethyl ether under said conversion conditions.

A process for the production of a high quality gasoline blending components from refinery process streams by the alkylation of light isoparaffins with olefins using an ionic liquid catalyst is disclosed. The alkylation process comprises contacting a hydrocarbon mixture comprising at least one olefin having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms and at least one isoparaffin having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms under alkylation conditions, said catalyst comprising a mixture of at least one acidic ionic liquid and at least one alkyl halide. In one embodiment, the acidic ionic liquid is chloroaluminate ionic liquid prepared by mixing aluminum trichloride (AlCl3) and a hydrocarbyl substituted pyridinium halide, a hydrocarbyl substituted imidazolium halide, trialkylammonium hydrohalide or tetraalkylammonium halide of the general formulas A, B, C and D, respectively,where R=H, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl or hexyl group and X is a halide and preferably a chloride, and R1 and R2=H, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl or hexyl group and where R1 and R2 may or may not be the same, and R3, R4, and R5 and R6=methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl or hexyl group and where R3, R4, R5 and R6 may or may not be the same.

An acidic aqueous hydrogen peroxid solution is provided, with improved disinfectant activity. Concentrated solutions preferably contain up to about 8% and as-used concentrations contain about 0.5% peroxide. The solution also contains from 0.1 to 5.0% of at least one acid compound, e.g. phosphoric and / or a phosphonate with from 1 to 5 phosphonic acid groups, and from 0.02 to 5% of at least one anionic surfactant. The surfactant is selected from C8 to C16-alkyl aryl sulphonic acids, sulphonated C12 to C22 carboxylic acids, C8 to C22-alkyl diphenyl oxide sulphonic acids, naphthalene sulphonic acids, C8 to C22 alkyl sulphonic acids, and alkali metal and ammonium salts thereof, and alkali metal C8 to C18 alkyl sulphates, and mixtures thereof. Most preferably the solution has an emulsifier, e.g. a salt of an alkylated diphenyl oxide. The solution may also contain corrosion inhibitors and / or lower alcohols.

The invention provides methods and apparatuses that allow a protein sample to undergo reduction, alkylation, and digestion in a continuous flow process carried out within a microfluidic device. Methods and apparatuses in accordance with the invention can be employed as part of an automated proteomics analysis carried out in an integrated proteomics system.

The instant invention is directed to a single, selectively N-alkylated compound and libraries of such compounds as set forth in Formula I. Furthermore, the instant invention is directed to methods of effecting analgesia, a decrease in the postprandial rise in the blood glucose levels of a mammal after ingestion of a carbohydrate load by said mammal, and treating microbial infections, utilizing such a single compound of Formula I in conjunction with a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier. Also, the instant invention is directed to methods for selective alkylation, positional scanning and iterative synthetic and screening technologies.

The present invention relates to a novel synthetic route of a liquid chain hydrocarbon fuel totally independent of fossil energy based on a lignocellulose raw material to obtain a platform compound. The method includes three parts: 1) preparing oxygen-containing organic compounds with carbon chain length of 8-16 through the acid-catalyzed alkylation reaction by taking lignocelluloses-based carbonyl-containing platform compounds and furan platform compounds as raw materials on a novel solid catalyst; 2) effectively removing carbon-carbon double bonds and carbon-oxygen double bonds to prepare saturated oxygen-containing organic compounds by hydrogenation of the alkylated product; and 3) conducting hydrodeoxygenation for the hydrogenated alkylation product by using a metal-solid acid bifunctional catalyst to obtain the biomass aviation kerosene or high grade diesel fuel with the carbon chain length of 8-16 and having a high energy density and stability.

A process for the production of high octane number gasoline from light refinery olefins and benzene-containing aromatic streams such as reformate. Light olefins including ethylene and propylene are extracted from refinery off-gases, typically from the catalytic cracking unit, into a light aromatic stream such as reformate containing benzene and other single ring aromatic compounds which is then reacted with the light olefins to form a gasoline boiling range product containing akylaromatics. The alkylation reaction is carried out in the liquid phase with a catalyst which preferably comprises a member of the MWW family of zeolites such as MCM-22 using a fixed catalyst bed.

A process for the production of a high quality gasoline blending components from refinery process streams by the alkylation of light isoparaffins with olefins using an ionic liquid catalyst is disclosed. The process includes reacting a refinery stream containing isopentane and / or isobutane with a refinery stream containing ethylene and / or propylene and butylenes under alkylation conditions in the presence of a chloroaluminate ionic liquid catalyst comprising a hydrocarbyl substituted pyridinium chloroaluminate or a hydrocarbyl substituted imidazolium chloroaluminate of the general formulas A and B, respectively.Where R═H, methlyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl or hexyl group and X is a chloroaluminate, and R1 and R2=H, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl or hexyl group and where R1 and R2 may or may not be the same.

A process for regenerating a used acidic catalyst which has been deactivated by conjunct polymers by removing the conjunct polymers so as to increase the activity of the catalyst is disclosed. Methods for removing the conjunct polymers include hydrogenation, addition of a basic reagent and alkylation. The methods are applicable to all acidic catalysts and are described with reference to certain ionic liquid catalysts.

The invention discloses a process for producing low carbon olefin and arene parallel cogeneration gasoline by using methanol as a raw material. In the process, the methanol is used as the raw material and a molecular sieve catalyst is adopted to produce the low carbon olefin and arene parallel cogeneration gasoline by a methanol alkylation reaction and aromatization. In the process, the coal-based methanol is used as the raw material and can replace the conventional petroleum raw material to cogenerate a basis organic chemical raw material, and thus, the dependence degree of the conventional petrochemical industry on the petroleum can be reduced. Meanwhile, the process is also beneficial for reducing the foreign dependence degree of national petroleum, the strategic safety of energy and resources is improved, the production process of the process has low discharge, low pollution and low energy consumption, the requirements on green and environment protection are met, and the process has the advantages of low production cost and strong market competitiveness.

A process for the production of a high quality gasoline blending components from refinery process streams by the alkylation of light isoparaffins with olefins using an ionic liquid catalyst is disclosed. The process includes reacting a refinery stream containing isopentane and / or isobutane with a refinery stream containing ethylene and / or propylene and butylenes under alkylation conditions in the presence of a chloroaluminate ionic liquid catalyst comprising a hydrocarbyl substituted pyridinium halide or a hydrocarbyl substituted imidazolium halide of the general formulas A and B, respectively. Where R=H, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl or hexyl group and X is a halide and preferably a chloride, and R1 and R2=H, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl or hexyl group and where R1 and R2 may or may not be the same.

This invention provides a method of producing an aromatics alkylation catalyst comprising the steps of: (a) synthesizing a layered oxide material MCM-56 in the presence of alkali and / or alkaline earth metal cations; (b) prior to any calcination of the MCM-56, subjecting the MCM-56 produced in step (a) to ammonium ion exchange so as to at least partially replace the alkaline or alkaline earth metal cations associated with the MCM-56 with ammonium ions; then (c) heating the ammonium-exchanged MCM-56 to decompose the ammonium cations and convert the MCM-56 into the hydrogen form; and (d) after step (b), forming the MCM-56 into catalyst particles. The resultant catalyst exhibits enhanced activity in the alkylation of benzene with ethylene and propylene.

An integrated refining process for the production of high quality gasoline blending components from low value components is disclosed. In addition there is disclosed a method of improving the operating efficiency of a refinery by reducing fuel gas production and simultaneously producing high quality gasoline blending components of low volatility. The processes involve the alkylation of a refinery stream containing pentane with ethylene using an ionic liquid catalyst.

A process for the production of a high quality gasoline blending components from refinery process streams by the alkylation of light isoparaffins with olefins using an ionic liquid catalyst is disclosed. The alkylation process comprises contacting a hydrocarbon mixture comprising at least one olefin having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms and at least one isoparaffin having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms under alkylation conditions, said catalyst comprising a mixture of at least one acidic ionic liquid and at least one alkyl halide. The alkylhalide by reacting to at least a portion of the olefin with a hydrogen halide.

The invention discloses a magnetic acrylic acid series strongly basic anion exchange microballoon resin and a preparation method thereof. The microballoon resin has the following structure: the resin skeleton is internally provided with magnetic particles, wherein A stands for a radical containing quaternary ammonium salt. The preparation method comprises the following steps: acrylic acid series substances serve as a monomer, the monomer is mixed with cross-linking agent and pore-forming agent to form oil phase; the oil phase is uniformly mixed with the magnetic particles and then suspension polymerization is carried out on the mixture; after going through amination and alkylation reaction, the polymerized magnetic polymer particles form the quaternary ammonium salt, namely the magnetic acrylic acid series strongly basic anion exchange microballoon resin. Exchange capacity of the resin is higher than any magnetic acrylic acid series strongly basic anion exchange microballoon resin ever found in existing literatures and reports and domestic market as well as foreign markets and can replace the traditional strongly basic anion exchange resin, thus being capable of being used for separating and removing soluble organisms in various water bodies, especially disinfection by-product precursor and multiple negative ions such as nitrate and phosphate.

A composition comprising a polymer comprising a repeat unit of Formula I.: wherein R<1 >is independently in each occurrence H, C1-40 hydrocarbyl or C3-40 hydrocarbyl containing one or more S, N, O, P or Si atoms, or both of R<1 >together with the 9-carbon on the fluorene, may form a C5-20 ring structure which may contain one or more S, N, or O atoms; R2 is independently in each occurrence C1-20 hydrocarbyl, C1-20 hydrocarbyloxy, C1-20 thioether, C1-20 hydrocarbyloxycarbonyl, C1-20 hydrocarbylcarbonyloxy, or cyano; a is independently in each occurrence, 0 or 1; X is O, S, SO2, C(R<3>)2 or N-R<3 >wherein R<3 >is aryl or substituted aryl of C6 to C40, aralkyl of C6 to C24, or alkyl of C1 to C24. Preferably R<3 >is aryl of C6 to C24 and more preferably R<3 >is an alkylated aryl group of C6 to C24; Ar is an aryl or heteroaryl group of C6 to C40 or substituted aryl or heteroaryl group of C6 to C40, preferably C6-C24, and most preferably C6-C14. Y is a conjugated moiety that can vary in each occurrence of the repeat unit.

Disclosed are antioxidant compositions comprising of: (1) an organomolybdenum compound; (2) an alkylated diphenylamine; and (3) a sulfur compound selected from the group consisting of: (a) thiadiazole; (b) dithiocarbamate; and (c) mixtures of (a) and (b).

New anionic surfactants and methods of preparation which are derived from aromatic or substituted aromatic molecules and alkenesulfonic acid. Wherein the aryl compound is alkylated and sulfonated in one-step with an alkene sulfonic acid prior to sulfonic acid neutralization. The methods allow the functional sulfonate group to be attached to the end of the alkyl chain rather than to the aromatic ring thus allowing for selective substituted groups, either branched, linear or alkoxylated or combinations thereof to be placed on the aryl compound prior to sulfonation and alkylation. The invention uses the alkene sulfonic acid produced from thin-film sulfonation of an alpha-olefin to alkylate benzene, mono-substituted aromatic, poly-substituted aromatic, alkylbenzene, alkoxylated benzene, polycyclic aromatic, mono-substituted polycyclic aromatic, poly-substituted polycyclic aromatic, naphthalene, alkylnaphthalene, phenol, alkylphenol, alkoxylated phenol, and alkoxylated alkylphenolalkyl substituted or polysubstituted cyclic or polycyclic compounds to produce the corresponding sulfonic acid having an additional alkyl group derived from the alpha-olefin used during the thin-film sulfonation which is either linear or branched.

The present invention relates to compositions and rigid porous structures that contain nanorods having carbides and / or oxycarbides and methods of making and using such compositions and such rigid porous structures. The compositions and rigid porous structures can be used either as catalysts and / or catalyst supports in fluid phase catalytic chemical reactions. Processes for making supported catalyst for selected fluid phase catalytic reactions are also provided. The fluid phase catalytic reactions catalyzed include hydrogenation hydrodesulfuriaation, hydrodenitrogenation, hydrodemetallization, hydrodeoxygenation, hydrodearomatization, dehydrogenation, hydrogenolyis, isomerization, alkylation, dealkylation, oxidation and transalkylation.

The invention relates to a lubricating oil composition having improved antioxidant properties, and which contains a molybdenum compound and an alkylated phenothiazine. Further, it may also include a secondary diarylamine, preferably an alkylated diphenylamine. This combination of additives provides improved oxidation control and friction modifier performance to the lubricating oil. The composition is particularly suited for use as a crankcase lubricant, or a transmission lubricant, including low levels and zero levels of phosphorus.

The invention relates to a method for preparing a styrene catalyst through toluene-methanol side chain alkylation, which mainly solves the problem that in the prior art, a catalyst has a vulnerable catalyst structure and poor catalyst stability. Through the technical scheme that an alkali molecular carrier is loaded with elements selected from B, P and at least one of alkali metal and alkaline-earth metal to prepare the catalyst, wherein the carrier is exchanged into an H-type molecular sieve by ammonium salt before loading, roasted, exchanged by alkali metal salt, dried, roasted and dipped with the loaded elements, the method well solves the problem of poor stability and can be used for industrial preparation of the styrene catalyst through toluene-methanol side chain alkylation.

A catalytic material includes microporous zeolites supported on a mesoporous inorganic oxide support. The microporous zeolite can include zeolite Beta, zeolite Y (including “ultra stable Y”—USY), mordenite, Zeolite L, ZSM-5, ZSM-11, ZSM-12, ZSM-20, Theta-1, ZSM-23, ZSM-34, ZSM-35, ZSM-48, SSZ-32, PSH-3, MCM-22, MCM-49, MCM-56, ITQ-1, ITQ-2, ITQ-4, ITQ-21, SAPO-5, SAPO-11, SAPO-37, Breck-6, ALPO4-5, etc. The mesoporous inorganic oxide can be e.g., silica or silicate. The catalytic material can be further modified by introducing some metals e.g. aluminum, titanium, molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, iron, tungsten, palladium and platinum. It can be used as catalysts for acylation, alkylation, dimerization, oligomerization, polymerization, hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, aromatization, isomerization, hydrotreating, catalytic cracking and hydrocracking reactions.

An overbased, sulfurized salt of at least one alkylated hydroxyaromatic compound, wherein the alkyl substituent of the hydroxyaromatic compound is a residue of at least one isomerized olefin having from about 15 to about 99 wt. % branching is disclosed. The overbased, sulfurized salt of at least one alkylated hydroxyaromatic compound is produced by the process comprising: (a) alkylating at least one hydroxyaromatic compound with at least one isomerized olefin having from about 15 to about 99 wt. % branching obtained by isomerizing at least one normal alpha olefin having from about 10 to about 40 carbon atoms, to provide at least one alkylated hydroxyaromatic compound; (b) neutralizing and sulfurizing the alkylated hydroxyaromatic compound in any order to provide at least one neutralized, sulfurized alkylated hydroxyaromatic compound; and (c) overbasing the at least one neutralized, sulfurized alkylated hydroxyaromatic compound.