US 12,187,673 B2
Apparatus for the hydrogenation of olefins
Manuela Serban, Northbrook, IL (US); Chunqing Liu, Arlington Heights, IL (US); Ashish Mathur, Gurgaon (IN); Saikrishna Laxmirajam Gosangari, Gurugram (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 Mar. 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/599,190.
Application 18/599,190 is a continuation of application No. 18/059,807, filed on Nov. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,939,283.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/411,693, filed on Sep. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0246888 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
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)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hydrogenation apparatus comprising:
a dehydration unit to provide a first reacted product stream comprising olefins in a first reacted product line and a second reacted product stream comprising water in a second reacted product line;
a dimerization reactor in communication with said first reacted product line to provide a first dimerized stream in a dimerized line;
an electrolyzer in communication with said second reacted product line to provide an electrolyzed product stream in an electrolyzed product line;
an oligomerization reactor in communication with said dimerized line to provide a third reacted product stream comprising olefins in a third reacted product line;
a hydrogenation unit in communication with said electrolyzed product line and said third reacted product line as a hydrogenation feed stream; and
a hydrogenation product line in communication with said hydrogenation unit to provide a hydrogenation product stream comprising paraffins.