Selective catalytic hydrogenation for industrial 1-hexene purification

Linear alpha-olefins, including 1-hexene, are used mainly as co-monomers in the production of polymers. The very low tolerance of the polymerisation catalyst to highly unsaturated impurities makes removal of these impurities from the olefin feedstock crucial. In South Africa, linear alpha-olefins are a major product of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. A complex extractive distillation process is used to separate impurities from the product stream. A final polishing step by adsorption results in a significant loss of valuable alpha-olefin.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Chemical Engineering

Year dc:date.issued

2010

Author dc:creator

• McEwan, Lynsey

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10852

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10852