Process for the simultaneous hydroconversion of a first feedstock comprising unsaturated, halogenated organic compounds and a second feedstock comprising saturated, halogenated organic compounds

Abstract

A process for the simultaneous hydroconversion of a first feedstock comprising unsaturated, halogenated organic compounds and a second feedstock comprising saturated, halogenated organic compounds which process comprises: (a) contacting the first feedstock comprising unsaturated, halogenated organic compounds with a first dried hydrogen-rich gas stream in a first hydrogenation reaction zone operated at hydrogenation conditions selected to minimize the polymerization of unsaturated organic compounds and to produce a first hydrogenated stream comprising hydrocarbonaceous compounds; (b) reacting at least a portion of the first hydrogenated stream comprising hydrocarbonaceous compounds and the second feedstock comprising saturated, halogenated organic compounds with hydrogen in a second hydrogenation reaction zone operated at hydrogenation conditions selected to produce a second hydrogenated stream comprising hydrocarbonaceous compounds and to generate at least one water-soluble hydrogen halide compound; (c) contacting the the second hydrogenated stream with a halide-lean absorber solution in an absorption zone; (d) withdrawing a halide-rich absorber solution containing at least a portion of the water-soluble hydrogen halide compound from the absorption zone; (e) withdrawing a stream comprising hydrogenated hydrocarbonaceous compounds and a hydrogen-rich gas from the absorption zone; (f) introducing the stream recovered in step (e) into a separation zone to produce a hydrogen-rich gas stream comprising water vapor and a third hydrogenated stream comprising hydrocarbonaceous compounds; (g) removing at least a portion of the water vapor from the hydrogen-rich gas stream comprising water vapor in a drying zone to produce a second dried hydrogen-rich gas stream; and (h) recycling at least a portion of the second dried hydrogen-rich gas stream to step (a) as the first dried hydrogen-rich gas stream.

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