Source: HANDBOOK OF PETROLEUM REFINING PROCESSES
CHAPTER 13.4
OXYPRO PROCESS
Steve Krupa, Larry Richardson, and Jill Meister
UOP LLC Des Plaines, Illinois
PROCESS DESCRIPTION
The UOP* Oxypro* process is a unique, low-cost, refinery-based catalytic process for the production of di-isopropyl ether (DIPE) from propylene and water. The ether DIPE has high octane, low vapor pressure, and excellent gasoline blending properties. The Oxypro process is especially well suited for processing propylene derived from the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit within the refinery. After amine and Merox* trea
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