A process for production of light olefins by cracking a feed comprising C4 and/or C5 hydrocarbons. The process combines a catalytic naphtha cracking unit with an olefin paraffin separation unit and/or an olefin cracking unit. Contacting a feed stream comprising C4 and/or C5 olefins with a catalyst at catalytic naphtha cracking conditions produces a cracked product of ethylene and propylene.

A method for purification of a styrene-containing feedstock includes steps of introducing the styrene-containing feedstock into the middle of an extractive distillation column, and a solvent for the extractive distillation into the upper part of the column; discharging a raffinate oil from the top of the column, and a rich solvent rich in styrene from the bottom of the column. The rich solvent is then introduced into the middle of the solvent recovery column for vacuum distillation to obtain a crude styrene from the top of the solvent recovery column, and a lean solvent is discharged from the bottom of the solvent recovery column and recycled to the upper part of the extractive distillation column. A portion of the rich solvent is sent to a solvent purification zone for a liquid-liquid extraction using water to obtain a mixture of a styrene polymer and styrene.

A method for producing green olefins and green gasoline from renewable sources, the method including: providing CO.sub.2 and hydrogen as feed to produce methanol in a methanol reactor, to produce an MTO reaction effluent, reacting the MTO reaction effluent in a plurality of separation columns to separate hydrocarbons, wherein the plurality of separation columns includes a Deethanizer column, a Depropanizer column, and a Debutanizer column, hydrogenating a fraction of separated hydrocarbons in the Debutanizer column with the hydrogen in a hydrogenation reactor, wherein the fraction of separated hydrocarbons from the Debutanizer column includes C.sub.5+ hydrocarbons; producing the green gasoline and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) by stabilizing the hydrogenated hydrocarbons in a gasoline stabilizer column; and producing the olefins by separating ethylene from C.sub.2 hydrocarbons using a C.sub.2 splitter column and by separating propylene from C.sub.3 hydrocarbons using a C.sub.3 splitter column.

A process for the purification of isobutene from a C4 stream with at least 1-butene, 2-butene, isobutane and isobutene includes isomerizing 1-butene from a stream of material which is concentrated in isobutane and isobutene obtained from the C4 stream into 2-butene, using a catalyst in an isomerization reactor; supplying a product stream from the isomerization reactor to a rectification column; and providing a stream of material which is concentrated in isobutene. A processing facility is utilized for the purification of isobutene from the C4 stream.

A method to recover refrigeration credit from propane feed to a propane dehydrogenation reactor by fully condensing a Depropanizer overhead stream, letting the condensed stream down in pressure, and vaporizing the stream at lower pressure against process streams to recover refrigeration credit.

The present invention discloses an integrated process and an apparatus for production of various alcohols and Oligomerization of Olefinic feed stocks comprising butylenes and mixture thereof. In this process the combined light olefinic hydrocarbon feedstock is divided into two streams and contacted in two different reaction zones, viz. hydration and oligomerization. The mixture of alcohols and oligomer product from hydration reaction is separated and the bottom stream from separator is routed to oligomerization reaction zone in a controlled quantity as selectivity enhancer. Both the reaction zones are operated at different conditions. The product from oligomerization zone is further separated in to lighter and heavier components. Each reaction zone may comprise series of reactors filled with acidic catalysts comprising ion exchange resins.

The present invention discloses an integrated process and an apparatus for production of various alcohols and Oligomerization of Olefinic feed stocks comprising butylenes and mixture thereof. In this process the combined light olefinic hydrocarbon feedstock is divided into two streams and contacted in two different reaction zones, viz. hydration and oligomerization. The mixture of alcohols and oligomer product from hydration reaction is separated and the bottom stream from separator is routed to oligomerization reaction zone in a controlled quantity as selectivity enhancer. Both the reaction zones are operated at different conditions. The product from oligomerization zone is further separated in to lighter and heavier components. Each reaction zone may comprise series of reactors filled with acidic catalysts comprising ion exchange resins.

A process and apparatus reboil a propylene splitter bottoms by heat exchange and/or a deethanizer bottoms stream with a compressed propylene splitter overhead stream. Use of single splitter compressor and operation of the propane-propylene splitter column at lower pressure are enabled, whereas conventionally two splitter compressors and higher splitter pressure were necessary to provide a propylene product stream and a propane recycle stream of equivalent quality.

A process for the purification of isobutene from a C4 stream with at least 1-butene, 2-butene, isobutane and isobutene includes isomerizing 1-butene from a stream of material which is concentrated in isobutane and isobutene obtained from the C4 stream into 2-butene, using a catalyst in an isomerization reactor; supplying a product stream from the isomerization reactor to a rectification column; and providing a stream of material which is concentrated in isobutene. A processing facility is utilized for the purification of isobutene from the C4 stream.

A process for the catalytic alkylation of an olefin with an isoparaffin comprises contacting an olefin-containing feed with an isoparaffin-containing feed under alkylation conditions in a reaction zone containing a fixed bed of a solid acid catalyst comprising a crystalline microporous material of the MWW framework type, wherein the reaction zone contains at least 100 kg of the catalyst and the catalyst has a cycle length of at least 150 days.