Granted Patent B2

US 12,503,413 · App. 18/497,301 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Inventors: Chintan Surendra Shah (Haryana, IN); Manoj Kumar (Haryana, IN); Pankaj Kumar Singh (Buffalo Grove, IL); Amit Munjal (Haryana, IN)

Assignee: UOP LLC

C07C5/22C07C2601/16

Abstract

Claims (61)

1 . A process for preheating a bottom or side draw stream from a column comprising:

heat exchanging a column bottom or side draw stream with a vapor stream from a two phase separator in a heat exchanger forming a preheated column bottom or side draw stream and a cooled stream;

heating the preheated column bottom or side draw stream in a fired heater forming a heated column bottom or side draw stream comprising a mixture of liquid and vapor;

separating the heated column bottom or side draw stream in the two phase separator into the vapor stream and a liquid stream;

combining the cooled stream from the heat exchanger and the liquid stream from the two phase separator forming a combined mixed stream; and

introducing the combined mixed stream to the column at a point above an outlet of the column bottom or side draw stream.

2 . The process of claim 1 further comprising:

heating the vapor stream from the two phase separator forming a heated vapor stream; and

wherein heat exchanging the column bottom or side draw stream with the vapor stream from the two phase separator comprises heat exchanging the column bottom or side draw stream with the heated vapor stream.

3 . The process of claim 1 wherein the column is in a hydrotreating process, a reforming process, an isomerization process, hydroprocessing process, a hydrocracking process, a low sulfur processing process, a process for production of renewable diesel and jet fuel, a dehydrogenation process, a xylene fractionation process, an aromatics separation process, a transalkylation process, or combinations thereof.

4 . The process of claim 1 further comprising:

splitting the vapor stream from the two phase separator into a first part and a second part before;

heating the first part of the vapor stream from the two phase separator forming a heated first part;

wherein heat exchanging the column bottom or side draw stream with the vapor stream from the two phase separator comprises heat exchanging the column bottom or side draw stream with the heated first part; and

combining the second part of the vapor stream from the two phase separator with the combined mixed stream.

5 . The process of claim 4 further comprising:

heating the second part the vapor stream from the two phase separator to form a second heated part;

heat exchanging a process stream with the heated second part in a second heat exchanger to form a heated process stream and a cooled second part; and

combining the cooled second part with the combined mixed stream.

6 . The process of claim 1 further comprising:

heating the vapor stream from the two phase separator forming a heated vapor stream;

splitting the heated vapor stream into a first part and a second part;

wherein heat exchanging the column bottom or side draw stream with the vapor stream from the two phase separator comprises heat exchanging the column bottom or side draw stream with the first part of the heated vapor stream;

heating the second part of the heated vapor stream forming a heated second part;

heat exchanging a process stream with the heated second part in a second heat exchanger to form a heated process stream and a cooled second part; and

combining the cooled second part with the combined mixed stream.

7 . The process of claim 6 wherein the column is a naphtha stripper column, wherein the process stream comprises naphtha feed stream, and further comprising:

passing the heated naphtha feed stream to a fired heater for a naphtha hydrotreater.

8 . The process of claim 1 further comprising:

splitting the vapor stream from the two phase separator into a first part and a second part;

heating the first part of the vapor stream from the two phase separator forming a heated first part;

wherein heat exchanging the column bottom or side draw stream with the vapor stream from the two phase separator comprises heat exchanging the column bottom or side draw stream with the heated first part;

heating the second part of the vapor stream forming a heated second part;

heat exchanging a process stream with the heated second part in a second heat exchanger to form a heated process stream and a cooled second part; and

combining the cooled second part with the combined mixed stream.

9 . The process of claim 1 further comprising:

splitting the vapor stream from the two phase separator into a first part and a second part;

heating the first part of the vapor stream from the two phase separator forming a heated first part;

wherein heat exchanging the column bottom or side draw stream with the vapor stream from the two phase separator comprises heat exchanging the column bottom or side draw stream with the heated first part;

splitting the second part into a first fraction and a second fraction;

heating a process stream with the first fraction forming a heated process stream and a cooled first fraction;

cooling the second fraction with a cool sink forming a cooled second fraction; and

combining the cooled second fraction with the combined mixed stream.

10 . The process of claim 9 further comprising:

cooling the first fraction with a second cool sink forming a cooled first fraction; and

combining the cooled first fraction with the combined mixed stream.

11 . The process of claim 1 further comprising:

splitting the vapor stream from the two phase separator into a first portion and a second portion;

splitting the second portion of the vapor stream from the two phase separator into a first part and a second part;

heating the first part of the second portion of the vapor stream forming a heated first part;

heat exchanging the heated first part with a first process stream forming a heated first process stream and a cooled first part;

heating the second part of the second portion of the vapor stream forming a heated second part;

heat exchanging the heated second part with a second process stream forming a heated second process stream and a cooled second part;

combining the first portion of the vapor stream from the two phase separator with the cooled first part and the cooled second part forming a combined vapor stream; and

wherein heat exchanging the column bottom or side draw stream with the vapor stream comprises heat exchanging the column bottom stream with the combined vapor stream.

12 . The process of claim 11 wherein the first process stream comprises an aromatic transalkylation feed stream from a transalkylation feed heat exchanger, and wherein heat exchanging the heated first part with the first process stream forming the heated first process stream and the cooled first part comprises heat exchanging the heated first part with the aromatic transalkylation feedstream forming the heated aromatic transalkylation feedstream and a cooled first part, the process further comprising:

passing the heated aromatic transalkylation feed stream to an aromatic transalkylation reaction zone comprising an aromatic transalkylation reactor.

13 . The process of claim 11 wherein the second process stream comprises a xylene isomerization feed stream from a xylene isomerization heat exchanger, and wherein heat exchanging the heated second part with the second process stream forming the heated second process stream and the cooled second part comprises heat exchanging the heated second part with the xylene isomerization feed stream forming a heated xylene isomerization feedstream and the cooled second part, further comprising:

passing the heated xylene isomerization feed stream to a xylene isomerization reaction zone comprising a xylene isomerization reactor.

14 . The process of claim 1 wherein the preheated column bottom or side draw stream comprises a liquid or a mixture of liquid and vapor.

15 . The process of claim 1 wherein the cooled vapor stream comprises a vapor or a mixture of vapor and liquid.

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