A method for producing purified chlorosilanes includes bringing crude chlorosilanes, such as crude trichlorosilane and crude silicon tetrachloride, which contain a boron compound and/or a phosphorus compound, into contact with chlorine (preferably 1 ppm mole to 3000 ppm mole with respect to 1 mole of crude chlorosilanes) in presence of alkylphenol such as 2-methylphenol, and then distilling the crude chlorosilanes.

Disclosed is a method for the integrated production of two different urea products. One is an aqueous urea solution suitable for use in NOx abatement (generally indicated as Diesel Exhaust Fluid DEF). The other is a solution used as a fertilizer, viz. Urea Ammonium Nitrate (UAN). The production of DEF and UAN are integrated as follows: ammonia recovered from the production of urea is used as a feed to the production of ammonium nitrate. At least part of an aqueous urea stream from urea production, is mixed with ammonium nitrate so as to obtain UAN.

An isomerization method consists of a deisobutanizer column receives feed comprising n-butane. The deisobutanizer column delivers its bottoms a portion to a reboiler and another portion along with hydrogen is routed to a isomerization reactor and the reactor effluent is returned to the column. A stabilizer which is integrated with the column, an overhead stream used as a reflux and bottoms containing an iso-butane-rich stream that is the iso-butane product stream.

The column overhead effluent is routed to separator, which splits the hydrocarbons and effluent, where the hydrocarbons are routed to deisobutanizer column and effluent recycled to stabilizer, where the stabilizer separates the reactor effluent into product streams contains an iso-butane product stream, a n-butane product stream, and a lighter hydrocarbon product stream.

A device for manufacturing dimethyl carbonate including a reaction section and a separation section is provided. The reaction section includes a first distillation column, a methanol supply device, a carbon dioxide supply device, a dehydrating agent supply device, and a side reactor. The methanol supply device is connected to the first distillation column. The carbon dioxide supply device is connected to the first distillation column. The dehydrating agent supply device is connected to the first distillation column. A feed nozzle of the side reactor is connected to a gas outlet of a top of the first distillation column. A discharge nozzle of the side reactor is connected to a recycle nozzle of the first distillation column. A catalyst is disposed in the side reactor. The separation section includes a second distillation column. The second distillation column is connected to a liquid outlet of a bottom of the first distillation column.

The present invention discloses a system and a method for continuously preparing furfural using an acid-containing pentose solution. The system comprises a stripping reaction column, a separation unit, and a purification unit. The method comprises a stripping reaction step, a separation step, and a purification step. The system and the method of the present invention can use a liquid inorganic acid as a catalyst, has a strong catalytic capability and a low reaction temperature, and is capable of treating low concentration sugar liquids. The present invention adopts heating through directly vapor stripping to rapidly carry away a generated furfural along with the vapor while reacting a pentose, avoiding side reactions of the furfural in an acidic liquid environment. The reaction process of the present invention does not require any extracting agent, and the furfural carried away along with the vapor is easy to separate after cooling. The whole process has a reasonable design, high furfural yields and low unit energy consumption.

A system and method for removing organic carboxylates from a mono ethylene glycol (“MEG”) stream includes a reaction vessel; means for cooling and diluting the MEG stream being routed to the reaction vessel; means for acidifying the cooled and diluted MEG stream during its residence time within the reaction vessel; and means for removing an acetic-rich overhead stream from the reaction vessel. The acidification of the cooled and diluted MEG stream occurs under a vacuum. The reaction vessel may be located downstream of a calcium removal vessel and receive a filtered bottom stream from that vessel, or it may be a single reaction vessel that cycles between a calcium removal mode and an acetate removal mode, with the pressure of the single vessel being greater during the calcium removal mode than during the acetate removal mode.

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.

Processes and systems for the production of ethylbenzene using a dilute ethylene feed and subsequent recovery of ethane in the alkylation vent gas.

There is provided herein a method and an apparatus for producing an isocyanatoorganosilane which method includes feeding a carbamatoorganosilane to a cracking device where it is thermally dissociated into a reaction product mixture comprising isocyanatoorganosilane, alcohol, and heavies, followed by separating the mixture in a distillation column of two parts and collecting the isocyanatoorganosilane from the distillation column via a side stream having a predetermined location between the top and bottom parts of the column; and wherein the distillation column is configured to have a ratio of the length of the bottom part of the distillation column to the length of the top part of the distillation column which is effective to provide a side stream having a high purity and high weight percent of isocyanatoorganosilane.

A method for forming poly(dimethoxymethane) includes a step of separating a formaldehyde-containing blend into a first bottom stream and a first top stream. The first formaldehyde-containing blend includes methanol, formaldehyde, and water while the first bottom stream includes water. The first top stream includes dimethoxymethane that is produced from the reaction between methanol and formaldehyde. The first top stream is separated into a second bottom stream and a second top stream. The second bottom stream includes poly(dimethoxymethane) while the second top stream includes dimethoxymethane, methanol, and ethanol. The second top stream is separated into a third bottom stream and a third top stream. Third bottom stream includes methanol and ethanol while the third top stream includes dimethoxymethane. The third top steam can be recycled to form additional poly(dimethoxymethane). A system that implements the method is also provided.