Abstract
Recently, demand of n-paraffins in the C10 to C18 range is increasing as the law materials for prouction of soft synthetic detergent, chlorinated paraffins, synthetic proteins etc. There are two ways to separate n-paraffins from kerosene-gas oil fraction-Molecular Sieve Process and Urea Adduct Process.
Molex Process developed by UOP is one of the typical molecular sieve process, which uses a fixed bed of molecular sieve 5A for the separation of n-paraffins in an isothermal, liquid phase operation.
This paper described at first, the outline of the utilization and production of n-paraffiins and then mentioned Molex Process.
