Process for recovering para-xylene using a metal organic framework adsorbent in a simulated moving-bed process (August 2, 2018)
Para-xylene is separated from a mixture of C8 aromatics using a simulated moving bed (SMB) adsorption process, wherein a MOF is used as an adsorbent and an alkane or alkene having 7 or less carbon atoms, such as hexane or heptane is used as desorbent.
Inventors: Meha Rungta, Jeevan S. Abichandani, Dana L. Pilliod, Robert G. Tinger, Anthony Go, Ke Zhang, Sankar Nair, Jason Gee, David Sholl
Patent No.: US20180215684A1
Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation, ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.