Patent ID: 11939283
Assignee: UOP LLC
Field: Organic fine chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 8:
9. A process for the hydrogenation of olefins comprising:
providing a first feed stream comprising C2+ oxygenated hydrocarbons to a first dehydration reaction unit;
reacting said first feed stream to produce a first reacted product stream comprising olefins and a second reacted product stream comprising water;
electrolyzing said second reacted product stream to produce an electrolyzer product stream comprising hydrogen;
providing a first hydrogenation feed stream comprising said electrolyzer product stream and a second hydrogenation feed stream comprising said first reacted product stream to a hydrogenation unit;
and hydrogenating said second hydrogenation feed stream over a hydrogenation catalyst at hydrogenation reaction conditions in the presence of the first hydrogenation feed stream to form a hydrogenation product stream comprising paraffins.