Patent ID: 8969645
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: B01D,B01J,C07C,C10G

Abstract:
1. A process for reducing chloride in a hydrocarbon, comprising: a. feeding a chlorinated-hydrocarbon, comprising greater than 50 up to 5,000 ppmw chlorides, and an ionic liquid catalyst comprising an anhydrous metal halide to a treatment unit; wherein an amount of the ionic liquid catalyst comprising the anhydrous metal halide in the treatment unit is from 20 ppmw to 2 wt %; b. operating the treatment unit under conditions including a temperature from 65.6° C. (150° F.) to 343° C. (650° F.), wherein the ionic liquid catalyst induces a removal of an alkyl chloride in the chlorinated-hydrocarbon to produce a dechlorinated-hydrocarbon and a HCl; and c. collecting the dechlorinated-hydrocarbon from the treatment unit, wherein at least 90 wt % of the chlorides have been removed from the chlorinated-hydrocarbon.