US 11,939,283 B1
Process for the hydrogenation of olefins
Manuela Serban, Northbrook, IL (US); Chunqing Liu, Arlington Heights, IL (US); Ashish Mathur, Gurgaon (IN); Saikrishna Laxmirajam Gosangari, Gurgaon (IN); Charles Luebke, Mount Prospect, IL (US); Eseoghene Jeroro, Chicago, IL (US); and Chad R. Huovie, Park Ridge, IL (US)
Assigned to UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US)
Filed by UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/059,807.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/411,693, filed on Sep. 30, 2022.
Int. Cl. C07C 5/03 (2006.01); C01B 3/06 (2006.01); C07C 1/24 (2006.01); C25B 1/04 (2021.01)
CPC C07C 5/03 (2013.01) [C07C 1/24 (2013.01); C01B 3/06 (2013.01); C07C 2521/04 (2013.01); C25B 1/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process for the hydrogenation of olefins comprising:
providing a first feed stream comprising C2+ oxygenated hydrocarbons to a first dehydration reaction unit;
reacting said first feed stream to produce a first reacted product stream comprising olefins and a second reacted product stream comprising water;
electrolyzing said second reacted product stream to produce an electrolyzer product stream comprising hydrogen;
providing a first hydrogenation feed stream comprising hydrogen and a second hydrogenation feed stream comprising olefins to a hydrogenation unit; and
hydrogenating said second hydrogenation feed stream over a hydrogenation catalyst at hydrogenation reaction conditions in the presence of the first hydrogenation feed stream to form a hydrogenation product stream comprising paraffins;
wherein said first hydrogenation feed stream and said second hydrogenation feed stream are derived from said first feed stream.