Method for contemporaneously dimerizing and hydrating a feed having butene
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsWei Xu, Thamer Mohammad, Kareemuddin M. Shaik, Aadesh Harale
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Abstract
Methods for producing alcohols and oligomers contemporaneously from a hydrocarbon feed containing mixed butenes using an acid based catalyst are provided. Additionally, methods for producing fuel compositions having alcohols and oligomers prepared from mixed olefins are also provided as embodiments of the present invention. In certain embodiments, the catalyst can include a dual phase catalyst system that includes a water soluble acid catalyst and a solid acid catalyst.
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A method for simultaneously dimerizing and hydrating a hydrocarbon feed comprising mixed butenes, the method comprising the steps of:
- introducing the hydrocarbon feed into a reaction zone in the presence of water and a dual phase catalyst system under reaction conditions that are operable to oligomerize and hydrate the butenes within the hydrocarbon feed to form a product stream comprising mixed butanols and DIB.
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