Alkylation process using an alkyl halide promoted ionic liquid catalyst
AssigneeChevron U.S.A. Inc.
InventorsThomas V. Harris, Michael Driver, Saleh Elomari, Hye-Kyung C. Timken
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Abstract
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.
Claims15
An alkylation process comprising contacting a first hydrocarbon feed comprising at least one olefin having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms and a second hydrocarbon feed comprising at least one isoparaffin having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms with a catalyst under alkylation conditions, said catalyst comprising a mixture of at least one acidic ionic liquid and at least one alkyl halide, where the acidic ionic liquid is a 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 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;
- and wherein the alkyl halide is produced by reacting at least a portion of the first hydrocarbon feed with a hydrogen halide under hydrohalogenation conditions to convert at least a portion of the olefins contained in the first hydrocarbon feed to the alkyl halide;
- and adding the resulting alkyl halide to the alkylation zone.
In an alkylation process in which at least one olefin having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms and at least one isoparaffin having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms are contacted in an alkylation zone under alkylation conditions with a catalyst comprising an acidic ionic liquid and an alkyl halide, wherein the acidic ionic liquid is selected from the group consisting of 1-butyl-4-methyl-pyridinium chloroaluminate (BMP), 1-butyl-pyridinium chloroaluminate (BP), 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium chloroaluminate BMIM) and 1-H-pyridinium chloroaluminate (HP), the improvement comprising reacting a portion of said at least one olefin with a hydrohalide under hydrohalogenation conditions to convert more than 50% of the olefins contained therein to alkyl halides and adding the resulting alkyl halide rich stream into the alkylation zone.
In an alkylation process in which at least one olefin having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms and at least one isoparaffin having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms are contacted in an alkylation zone under alkylation conditions with a catalyst comprising an acidic ionic liquid and an alkyl halide, where the acidic ionic liquid is a 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 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;
- the improvement comprising reacting a portion of said at least one olefin with a hydrohalide under hydrohalogenation conditions to convert more than 50% of the olefins contained therein to alkyl halides and adding the resulting alkyl halide rich stream into the alkylation zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.