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- Patent Title: Hydrocarbon recovery units with separators configured to reduce liquid hydrocarbon exposure to regeneration gas streams
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Application No.: US18266488Application Date: 2021-12-12
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Publication No.: US11981635B2Publication Date: 2024-05-14
- Inventor: William B. Dolan , Tobias Eckardt , Justin Pan , Manish Mehta
- Applicant: BASF CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NJ Florham Park
- Assignee: BASF Corporation
- Current Assignee: BASF Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Florham Park
- Agency: LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2021/062993 2021.12.12
- International Announcement: WO2022/140088A 2022.06.30
- Date entered country: 2023-06-09
- Main IPC: C07C7/12
- IPC: C07C7/12 ; B01D53/00 ; B01D53/04 ; B01D53/26

Abstract:
Disclosed in certain embodiments are processes for heavy hydrocarbon removal that implement a regeneration loop to reduce an amount of liquid hydrocarbons exposed by the separator to the regeneration stream over one or more durations for which an average C5+ hydrocarbon content of the regeneration stream is reduced or minimal.
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