Dechlorinating and separating a mixture of alkylate and n-butane

Abstract

A process is provided for dechlorinating and separating a mixture of n-butane and alkylate. The process includes separating, in a separation zone, a feed stream comprising light hydrocarbons, propane, isobutane, organic chlorides, n-butane, and alkylate with C5+ hydrocarbons into an overheads stream comprising light hydrocarbons, propane, and isobutane and a bottoms stream comprising organic chlorides, n-butane and alkylate; passing the bottoms stream to a catalytic dechlorination zone configured to convert the organic chlorides to HCl and paraffins under catalytic dechlorination conditions, the catalytic dechlorination zone comprising a vessel and being configured to provide a HCl-rich stream, an n-butane-rich stream, optionally an isopentane-rich stream, and an alkylate-rich stream; removing the HCl-rich stream from the catalytic dechlorination zone as a gaseous overheads product; recovering the n-butane-rich stream from the catalytic dechlorination zone as a liquid side-draw product; optionally recovering the isopentane-rich stream from the catalytic dechlorination zone as a side-draw product; and recovering the alkylate-rich stream from the catalytic dechlorination zone as a liquid bottoms product.

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