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Patent Inventor Names
William M. Cross, Jr.0
Abraham P. Gelbein0
Lawrence A. Smith, Jr.0
Date of Patent
July 12, 2011
0Patent Application Number
120233900
Date Filed
January 31, 2008
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A process for treating an alkylation feedstock comprising olefins, n-alkanes, and iso-alkanes, the process including: contacting at least a portion of the alkylation feedstock with sulfuric acid in a reaction zone under conditions to form sulfate esters of the olefins; separating the n-alkanes and the iso-alkanes from the sulfuric acid and the sulfate esters; recovering the n-alkanes and the iso-alkanes in a first product stream; and recovering the sulfate esters in a second product stream; wherein the sulfuric acid has a strength titrating as below 75 weight percent H2SO4/water mixtures.
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