Patent ID: 9567533
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: B01D,C10G

Claim:
1. A process for reducing the water content in a pyrolysis gasoline obtained from a steam cracking step comprising (i) a phase separation step, (ii) a coalescence step, and (iii) a hydrogenation step, wherein water is separated from the pyrolysis gasoline via at least one coalescer, which is made of metal, fibre glass or a combination of metal and fibre glass, wherein said at least one coalescer is used before the hydrogenation step, and wherein said at least one coalescer is used after the phase separation step, wherein the phase separation step comprises separating a water main phase from a pyrolysis gasoline mixture obtained from a steam cracking step to obtain said pyrolysis gasoline, wherein said pyrolysis gasoline contains from 0.3 to 2.5 weight percent of water.