The safety of hydrofluoric acid (HF) catalyzed alkylation and the banning of HF units have focused the attention of refiners on an important process. Refiners held a lengthy discussion of process and ...
Alkylate is in short supply in the US. The renewable fuels standard (RFS) mandates the use of ethanol in gasoline. The high vapor pressure of ethanol requires a reduction in other light gasoline ...
The system dramatically lowers personnel exposure as well as costs and delays in online monitoring of hydrofluoric acid (HF) by replacing two conventional methodologies for HF monitoring, manual ...
In a milestone for the industrialization of ionic liquids, Chevron has started up an alkylation unit at its Salt Lake City refinery that uses an ionic liquid catalyst instead of the traditional ...