Method of recovering unreacted ethylene in ethylene oligomerization process
AssigneesSK Innovation Co., Ltd., SK Geo Centric Co., Ltd.
InventorsChansaem Park, Jinhwan Bang, Sungreal Son, Inhyoup Song, Woosung Jung, Eol Han
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Abstract
Provided is a method of recovering unreacted ethylene in an ethylene oligomerization process and reusing the ethylene as a raw material, and more particularly, to a method of recovering unreacted ethylene with an increased recovery rate of reuse. When the method of the present invention is used, most of unreacted ethylene may be dissolved in a solvent to be recovered without loss, and a low boiling point reaction product which is not dissolved in the solvent is removed to prevent an unreacted product from being concentrated in a reactor.
Claims9
A method of recovering unreacted ethylene in an ethylene oligomerization process, the method comprising:
- in the ethylene oligomerization process,
- mixing a first recovery stream comprising the unreacted ethylene and a low boiling point reaction product separated in a second separation device in a latter stage of a reactor with a solvent introduced to a reaction raw material;
- transferring the mixture to a first separation device, wherein an oligomerization catalyst introduced to a reaction raw material is introduced to the first separation device;
- separating the mixture into a first upper effluent comprising the low boiling point reaction product and a first lower effluent comprising the ethylene and the solvent in the first separation device;
- transferring the first lower effluent in the first separation device to the reactor and performing an ethylene oligomerization reaction;
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- transferring a first reactant reacted in the reactor to the second separation device and recovering the first recovery stream comprising the unreacted ethylene and the low boiling point reaction product as a second upper effluent and separating a reactant comprising C4 or higher olefin oligomers and the solvent as a second lower effluent.
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