US 11,724,973 B2
Methods and systems for processing pentanes
Vijay Dinkar Bodas, Riyadh (SA); Guillermo Canelon Leal, Riyadh (SA); Mohammed B. Ansari, Riyadh (SA); and Sami Al Mutairi, Riyadh (SA)
Assigned to SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen op Zoom (NL)
Appl. No. 17/790,243
Filed by SABIC Global Technologies B.V., Bergen op Zoom (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/062125
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/137083, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19220105 (EP), filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0047672 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. C07C 5/27 (2006.01)
CPC C07C 5/2724 (2013.01) [C07C 2523/42 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for processing pentanes obtained from a de-isobutanizer (DIB) unit, the method comprising:
(a) separating a first stream comprising pentanes in a separation column to obtain a second stream comprising iso-pentane and a third stream comprising n-pentane and neo-pentane; and
(b) subjecting the third stream to a butane isomerization unit producing a fourth stream comprising iso-pentane, n-pentane, and neo-pentane.