Preprints of the DGMK-Conference

"Opportunities and Challenges at the Interface
between Petrochemistry and Refinery
"

                   October 10 - 12, 2007, Hamburg, Germany

                           ISBN  978-3-936418-70-5


Contents

 

Page

Maximizing Petrochemicals from Refineries
B. Glover, T. Foley, S. Frey


7


Opportunities and Challenges at the Interface between Petrochemistry and Refinery – The OMV View 

J. Lichtscheidl  (Abstract)


17


Aspects of Petrochemistry in a Fuels Refinery

J. Eßer, C. J. Mielicke, T. Maier  (Abstract)


29


Enhanced Propylene Production in FCC by Novel Catalytic Materials

C. P. Kelkar, D. Harris, M. Xu, J. Fu


37


Retrofit of an MTBE-unit to ETBE

A. Rix, U. Peters


45


Opportunities and Challenges at the Interface between Petrochemistry and Refinery – The BASF Perspective

H.-J. Blankertz


53


Light Olefins – Challenges from new Production Routes?

H. Zimmermann


75


Conversion of Heavy Aromatic Hydrocarbons to Valuable
Synthetic Feed for Steamcrackers

A. Cesana, L. Dalloro, F. Rivetti, R. Buzzoni, R. Bignazzi  (Abstract)


87


C4 olefin/paraffin separation over the metal organic framework material Cu3BTC2

S. Kunz, O. Tangermann, M.  Hartmann  (Abstract)


95


Glycerol tertiary butyl ethers via etherification of glycerol with isobutene

A. Behr


105


Biorefineries: From Concepts to Reality?

K. Wagemann


113


Modern Concepts in Reactor and Separation Technologies

D. Agar


119


Innovative Reactive Distillation Process for the Production
of the MTBE Substitute Isooctane from Isobutene

M. Chalakova, R. Kaur, H. Freund, S. Mahajani, K. Sundmacher


133


Supported Ionic Liquid Phase (SILP) systems – novel fixed
bed reactor concepts for homogeneous catalysis

A. Riisager, R. Fehrmann, M. Haumann, M. Jakuttis, J. Joni,
P. Wasserscheid  (Abstract)


139


Selective Oxidations to Industrial Intermediates

S. Schunk


145


Perspectives of Industrial Realization for Propane Oxidative Dehydrogenation over Chromium Oxide Catalysts

A. L. Lapidus, N. A. Gaidai, Yu. A. Agafonov, M. A. Botavina,
P. Pertici, D. V. Trushin, N. V. Nekraskov, C. Evangelisti, N. Panziera,
G. Martra, K. Tenchev, L. Petrov, S. Coluccia  (Abstract)


153


Facile Synthesis of 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile by Vapour Phase Ammoxidation

V. Narayana Kalevaru, B. Lücke, A. Martin   (Abstract)


161


Energy Efficiency of the Cold Train of an Ethylene Cracker

K. Van Geem, N. Hedebouw, J. Grootjans, G. B. Martin  (Abstract)


169


From Fuel to Wheel: How Modern Fuels Behave in
Combustion Engines

S. Pischinger, M. Müther, F. Fricke, A. Kolbeck


177


Sulphur
Poisoning of a Co/Al2O3 Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst
C. G. Visconti, L. Lietti, R. Zennaro, P. Forzatti  (Abstract)


191


From Fischer Tropsch Raw Products to Fischer Tropsch Fuels: Development of an Upgrading Model and Application to XtL Processes

D. Beiermann  (Abstract)


199

 
Postersession: 

Gas Separation by Supported Ionic Liquid Membranes
A. Seeberger, C. Kern, M. Uerdingen, A. Jess   (Abstract)


207


Separation of Propane/Propene Mixtures by Selective
Adsorption on Metal Organic Frameworks
A. Wagener, J. Podmilsak, S. Ernst


213


Carbon Dioxide Capture from Exhaust Gases by Selective Adsorption on Porous Solids

M. Schindler, S. Ernst


221


Sulfur Aromatic Compounds in Heavy Petroleum Fractions – Structural Studies of Importance to Desulfurization

J. T. Andersson, S. K. Panda, W. Schrader   (Abstract)


229


Application of Catalytic Distillation in a Novel Process
Concept for the Production of Cyclohexanol

H. Freund, A. Katariya, R. Kumar, F Steyer, K. Sundmacher  (Abstract)


237


Acidic Room Temperature Ionic Liquids vs. Acidic Molten Salts –
A Comparative Study in Cumene Isopopylation

J. Joni, V. Ladnak, P. Wasserscheid  (Abstract)


241


Liquid-liquid-biphasic Hydrosilylation in a Continuous Loop Reactor: From Ionic Liquid Solvent Selection to a Miniplant Design

N. Hofmann, A. Bauer, T. Frey, M. Auer, V. Stanjek, P. Schulz,
P. Wasserscheid   (Abstract)


247


Friedel-Crafts Alkylation in Acidic Ionic Liquids – From Ionic Liquid Evaluation to Miniplant Experiments
V. Ladnak, J. Joni, P. Wasserscheid    (Abstract)


253


Preparation of Higher Fatty Acids by Catalytic
Hydrocarboxylation of Olefin-Paraffin Mixtures
A. L. Lapidus, O. L. Eliseev, T. N. Bondarenko  (Abstract)


259


Hydrocarbon Synthesis from Ethene-Containing
Synthesis Gas over Supported Cobalt Catalysts

A. L. Lapidus, A. Yu. Krylova, O. L. Eliseev, Ya. V. Durandina   (Abstract)


267


Production of Ethylene and Propene from Methanol and Dimethylether on Zeolite Catalysts
A. V. Abramova, R. V. Kulumbegov, A. A. Panin  (Abstract)


275


Liquid-liquid Biphasic Dimerisation of Propene and
1-Butene Using Acidic Chloroaluminate Ionic Liquids

B. U. Melcher, M. Eichmann, P. Wasserscheid   (Abstract)


283


Homogeneous Chromium catalyzed Tetramerization
of Ethylene – Influence of Mass Transfer in Kinetic Studies
of an optimized Catalytic System

M. Haumann, K. Höfener, S. Kuhlmann, C. Paetz, P. Wasserscheid


289


Alkylation of Iso-butane with Butene-2 Using Highly
Acidic Ionic Liquids

T. L. T. Bui, W. Korth, A. Jess   (Abstract)


297