Case Study
Water in Alkylation Feedstock
Alkylation is an acid-catalyzed reaction process that combines C3 – C5 olefins with isobutane to produce high octane fuel alkylate. Water is a contaminant that must be removed from the olefin feedstock of Hydrogen fluoride (HF) alkylation units to minimize corrosion and formation of acid soluble oil (ASO) and fluorinated by-products. Process efficiency and properties (octane number, vapor pressure) of the alkylate end product for gasoline bl