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    The Minalk process is a fixed-bed sweetening process that uses a small quantity of dilute caustic to catalytically oxidize mercaptans in naphthas to disulfides. It offers advantages over liquid/liquid sweetening like simplicity of design with one major vessel, ease of operation with minimal adjustments needed, and minimal caustic disposal concerns. The process involves continuously injecting dilute caustic and air into the feed before passing it through a fixed-bed reactor containing Merox catalyst, where mercaptans are oxidized to disulfides. The sweetened product requires no further treatment and the spent dilute caustic is usually sent directly to the refinery sewer.

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    The Minalk process is a fixed-bed sweetening process that uses a small quantity of dilute caustic to catalytically oxidize mercaptans in naphthas to disulfides. It offers advantages over liquid/liquid sweetening like simplicity of design with one major vessel, ease of operation with minimal adjustments needed, and minimal caustic disposal concerns. The process involves continuously injecting dilute caustic and air into the feed before passing it through a fixed-bed reactor containing Merox catalyst, where mercaptans are oxidized to disulfides. The sweetened product requires no further treatment and the spent dilute caustic is usually sent directly to the refinery sewer.

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    The Minalk process is a fixed-bed sweetening process that uses a small quantity of dilute caustic to catalytically oxidize mercaptans in naphthas to disulfides. It offers advantages over liquid/liquid sweetening like simplicity of design with one major vessel, ease of operation with minimal adjustments needed, and minimal caustic disposal concerns. The process involves continuously injecting dilute caustic and air into the feed before passing it through a fixed-bed reactor containing Merox catalyst, where mercaptans are oxidized to disulfides. The sweetened product requires no further treatment and the spent dilute caustic is usually sent directly to the refinery sewer.

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    MinalkTM Process for Fixed-Bed Naphtha Sweetening

    Refining

    Refining
    Introduction Minalk Process for Fixed-Bed Sweetening
    The Minalk process for fixed-bed sweetening is one of Reactor
    the family of Merox process applications developed for Air
    control of mercaptans (thiols) in naphthas. The Minalk H2S Free
    process uses only a very small quantity of dilute caustic. Naphtha
    The Minalk process was developed to overcome the
    shortcomings of conventional liquid/liquid sweetening of Continuous
    FCC gasolines, natural gas liquids, and light straightrun Alkali Sweetened
    naphthas. Minalk sweetening offers important advan- Injection
    Naphtha
    tages over other sweetening processes: simplicity of Drain
    design (one major vessel), ease of operation (no routine Interface Pot
    caustic analyses/adjustments), and minimal caustic
    disposal concerns. The Minalk process is especially Spent Alkali
    and Water
    well-suited to sweeten FCC gasolines, its largest
    application in petroleum products treating.
    Benefits
    Chemistry Low capital investment
    Merox sweetening technology involves the catalytic The non-corrosive environment, near ambient operating
    oxidation of mercaptans to disulfides in the presence of temperature and low design pressure allow for carbon
    alkalinity. The disulfides formed remain in the treated steel construction throughout. The simple process flow
    hydrocarbon stream. lends itself well to modular fabrication.
    The sweetening reaction is shown below: Low operating cost
    4 RSH + O2 2 RSSR + 2 H2O Operating costs are minimal. Catalyst, chemical, and
    utility costs are only a fraction of a U.S. cent per barrel
    R represents a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon of treated product.
    radical that may be aliphatic, aromatic, or cyclic. Merox
    catalyst accelerates the reaction rate to permit economical Ease of operation
    treating at normal refinery product rundown temperatures. Minimal operator attention is needed. Air and caustic
    injection rates are the only adjustments necessary to
    Process flow description accommodate a wide range of feed rates and mercaptan
    A small stream of dilute caustic solution is continuously concentrations.
    injected into the feed prior to the addition of air. The
    combined stream passes through a fixed-bed of Merox High efficiency design
    catalyst where the mercaptans are oxidized to disulfides The fixed-bed reactor in a Minalk unit provides a high
    and the dilute caustic is coalesced. The sweetened degree of catalytic activity by intimately contacting the
    product is free of entrained caustic and requires no further feed stream with Merox catalyst impregnated on specially
    filtration or separation. Coalesced spent caustic is selected, high surface area, activated charcoal. UOP’s
    collected in a small drain pot and usually sent directly proprietary designs for efficient feed distributors and
    to the refinery’s sewer, since it is minute in volume, low product collectors are utilized. This highly efficient fixed-
    in NaOH concentration, and partially neutralized. bed reactor requires only minimal caustic and has
    replaced liquid/liquid sweetening of FCC gasoline feeds.
    Minalk Process for Fixed-Bed Naphtha Sweetening 2

    Product quality Experience


     The Minalk process reliably produces a sweetened More than 250 Minalk units having a total capacity
    product containing less than 5 wt-ppm mercaptan greater than 2,400,000 barrels per stream day have
    sulfur and less than 1 wt-ppm NaOH. been placed on stream. UOP’s experience in the design
     Since the Minalk process utilizes low concentration and operation of these units brings the refiner the most
    caustic, only minimal phenols (“acid oils”) are reliable, economic, and easy-to-operate treating unit
    removed from the gasoline feed. Phenols are natural available.
    oxidation inhibitors with high octane value.
    Catalyst
    Minimal caustic usage and disposal
    To ensure that catalyst of the highest quality is available,
     The Minalk process uses minimal amounts of caustic.
    UOP manufactures a family of highly active and selective
    Only a few ppm of caustic is added continuously to catalysts for the Minalk process. Merox FBTM catalyst is
    the feed. No batch makeup or withdrawal of strong used for in-situ impregnation of the activated charcoal in
    caustic is required. the reactor. Alternatively, Merox No. 8TM pre-impregnated
     In Minalk units the small, continuous, dilute, partially catalyst can be supplied. UOP also offers Merox PlusTM
    neutralized caustic stream is usually drained directly activator to extend catalyst life and provide additional
    to the refinery’s oily water sewer. There is no batch catalytic activity when treating more difficult feedstocks.
    withdrawal of highly
    For more information
    phenolic strong caustic or the subsequent disposal
    problems encountered in liquid/liquid sweetening For more information, contact your local UOP
    processes. representative or our Des Plaines sales office:

    e-mail: [email protected]
    fax: +1-847-391-2253
    phone: +1-847-391-2000

    UOP LLC
    25 East Algonquin Road
    © 2007 UOP LLC. All rights reserved.
    Des Plaines, IL 60017-5017 The information in this document should not be construed as a representation for
    which UOP assumes legal responsibility, or an authorization or recommendation
    U.S.A. to practice a patented invention without a license.
    www.uop.com UOP 4523-26 0507PTE0G

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