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US 2015/0073193 A1Published application
Process for Nitrile Removal from Hydrocarbon Feeds
AssigneeExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
InventorsHans K. T. Goris, Machteld M. W. Mertens, Luc R. M. Martens
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Abstract
A process is described, such process comprising i) contacting a hydrocarbon feed with a heterogeneous catalyst under conditions suitable to hydrolyze nitriles present in the feed to form a nitrile hydrolysis product comprising ammonia, carboxylic acid and carboxylate salts or a mixture thereof; and ii) removing the nitrile hydrolysis product from the feed. In an embodiment, the hydrocarbon feed comprises olefins and is intended for use in an olefin oligomerization process.
Claims14
A process comprising:
- i) contacting a hydrocarbon feed with a heterogeneous catalyst under conditions suitable to hydrolyze nitriles present in the feed to form a nitrile hydrolysis product comprising ammonia, carboxylic acid and carboxylate salts or a mixture thereof;
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- ii) removing the nitrile hydrolysis product from the feed.
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