Method for separating a C4 fraction by means of extractive distillation using a selective solvent

• Main Authors: STABEL UWE, ZACHMANN HARRY, HUGO RANDOLF, PESCHEL WERNER, JAEGER MICHAEL
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 05.09.2012
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMISTRY; CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; METALLURGY; MINERAL WAXES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEAT; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVEHYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, ORGASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; SEPARATION; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; TRANSPORTING

A method is provided for separating a C4 fraction (2) by means of extractive distillation using a selective solvent (1) by way of counter-flow of the C4 fraction (2) and of the selective solvent (1) in a liquid phase in a distillation unit (K I, K II), while separating a head flow (3) comprising the butanes and butenes from the C4 fraction and a bottom flow (6) comprising the selective solvent and the remaining components of the C4 fraction, with the exception of the butanes and butenes, the selective solvent being outgased from the fraction in an additional step, characterized in that energy is extracted from the distillation unit (K I, K II) between the extraction point for the head flow (3) and the extraction point for the bottom flow (6).