Claims
- 1. An improvement in the process of the exothermic, liquid phase reaction of C.sub.4 or C.sub.5 olefins with themselves to form oligomers thereof by contacting a downflow stream containing up to 60 weight percent of said olefins with a vertical fixed bed catalyst comprising an acid cation exchange resin at a temperature in the range of 120.degree. F. to 300.degree. F. in a reactor to form a reaction mixture containing oligomers, wherein the improvement comprises the operation of said reactor at a pressure to maintain said reaction mixture in said reactor at its boiling point within the range of 120.degree. F. to 300.degree. F. whereby at least a portion but less than all of said reaction mixture is vaporized, said reaction occurring in said liquid phase portion, and all of said reaction mixture is recovered as a single stream exiting through the lower end of the reactor.
- 2. The process according to claim 1 wherein a predominantly C.sub.4 hydrocarbon stream from 1 to 60 weight percent isobutene is contacted with said fixed bed catalyst.
- 3. The process according to claim 2 wherein the pressure in the reactor is in the range of 0 to 400 psig and the LHSV of said stream is in the range of 5 to 20.
- 4. The process according to claim 3 wherein mixture contains unreacted C.sub.4 hydrocarbon and a predominant of diisobutene.
- 5. The process according to claim 4 wherein said stream is preheated by indirect heat exchange contact with the reaction mixture from said reactor.
- 6. The process according to claim 1 wherein a predominantly C.sub.5 hydrocarbon stream containing from 1 to 60 weight percent isoamylene is contacted with said fixed bed catalyst.
- 7. The process according to claim 6 wherein the pressure in the reactor is in the range of 0 to 400 psig and the LHSV of said stream is in the range of 5 to 20.
- 8. The process according to claim 7 wherein said reaction mixture contains unreacted C.sub.5 hydrocarbon and a predominent amount of dimers of isoamylene.
- 9. The process according to claim 8 wherein said stream is preheated by indirect heat exchange contact with the reaction mixture from said reactor.
- 10. The process according to claim 1 wherein said stream is preheated prior to contact with said catalyst.
- 11. The process according to claim 1 wherein said reaction mixture is passed to a distillation column reactor containing an acid cation exchange resin in a plurality of pockets in a cloth belt supported in said distillation column reactor by open mesh knitted stainless steel wire to further react said isoolefins with themselves to form oligomers thereof.
Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional of Ser. No. 058,698, filed 6-01-87 which is a continuation of Ser. No. 442,359 filed 11-17-82, now abandoned.
Government Interests
The Government of the United States of America has certain rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. DOE-FC07-800CS40454, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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