Abstract: A process is disclosed for improving catalyst performance and yields in the manufacture of motor gasoline components. More particularly the process is directed to the removal of trace amounts of acetonitrile or acetone or propionitrile from a hydrocarbon feedstock such as a C.sub.4 -C.sub.6 product fraction from a fluid catalytic cracking unit, which may be used subsequently in an etherification process for the production of ethers such as MTBE and TAME. The hydrocarbon feedstock is passed to a water wash zone for the removal of the trace amounts of acetonitrile or acetone or propionitrile and the spent water comprising the nitriles is contacted with a nitrile-lean stream to regenerate the wash water. A portion of the spent water stream is withdrawn to reduce the nitrile level in the nitrile-lean water stream.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for improving catalyst performance and yields in the manufacture of motor gasoline components. More particularly the process is directed to the removal of trace amounts of acetonitrile or acetone or propionitrile from a hydrocarbon feedstock such as a C.sub.4 -C.sub.6 product fraction from a fluid catalytic cracking unit, which may be used subsequently in an etherification process for the production of ethers such as MTBE and TAME. The hydrocarbon feedstock is passed to a water wash zone for the removal of the trace amounts of acetonitrile or acetone or propionitrile and the spent water comprising the nitriles is contacted with a nitrile-lean stream to regenerate the wash water. A portion of the spent water stream is withdrawn to reduce the nitrile level in the nitrile-lean water stream.

Abstract: A process for the production of R.sub.2 -isoolefins by decomposition of R.sub.1 --O-tertiary-R.sub.2 is disclosed. R.sub.1 --O-secondary-R.sub.2 that are normally present in the feed stream are selectively removed. Removal of these R.sub.1 --O-secondary-R.sub.2 lowers the R.sub.2 -normal olefin impurity and increases the yield of the product R.sub.2 -isoolefins.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for the conversion of light aliphatic hydrocarbons such as propane into aromatic hydrocarbons and especially high purity benzene. The feed hydrocarbon is converted to aromatic hydrocarbons in a dehydrocyclodimerization zone. The product stream from the dehydrocyclodimerization zone which contains benzene, toluene, xylenes and C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 non-aromatics are separated into an overhead stream which contains the non-aromatic hydrocarbons and a small fraction of the benzene and a bottoms stream which contains the remainder of the benzene and other aromatic components. The overhead stream is then flowed to a conversion zone where the C.sub.6 -C.sub.7 non-aromatic hydrocarbons are cracked and the benzene is combined with the bottoms stream and further separated to give a high purity benzene product stream and a toluene, xylenes and C.sub.9 + product stream. The toluene, xylenes and C.sub.9 + product stream may further be separated into a toluene and xylenes product and a C.sub.

Abstract: A process flow for hydrogen-producing processes such as reforming or dehydrocyclodimerization is disclosed. A portion of a C.sub.3 or C.sub.4 feed stream is flashed to provide reflux cooling for a product recovery fractionation column. The cool overhead of this column and a second portion of the feed stream are used to cool the still uncondensed portion of the partially condensed reaction zone effluent stream prior to passage of this uncondensed material into a final low temperature separation stage. A second feature is the reboiling of a fractionation column with hot compressed gas to perform interstage cooling in the product recovery compression section.