BENZENE TOLUENE AND XYLENE PURIFICATION

LITWIN PROABD has developed a BTX Purification Process specially designed for intermediate size HIGH PURITY BENZENE production facilities. The main advantages of this process are: - lower investment cost - lower energy consumption - higher quality of produced PURE BENZENE, suitable as cyclohexane production feedstock. PROCESS DESCRIPTION The process consists in four steps: Rectification: The light oil is sharply separated in crude benzene and heavy products in the rectification column. Hydrodesulphurization: The crude benzene is vaporized and mixed with hydrogen, then heated so to hydrogenate the diolefins, olefins and sulfur compounds in a fixed catalyst bed reactor. Then the light compounds are removed in a stripper. Defronting: Benzene is separated from the front products and sent to the crystallization unit. Melt Static Crystallization: The hydrodesulphurized benzene is finally purified in a multistage PROABD Melt Static Crystallization plant so to produce HIGH PURITY BENZENE.

PERFORMANCE Up to 97% benzene yield recovery from light oil Up to 99.39% benzene purity Less than 0.05% non aromatic in HIGH PURITY BENZENE Energy and Chemicals consumption savings Best environment protection

CHINA STEEL CHEMICAL CORP., Kaohsiung (Taiwan), 1993