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Production
of diisopropyl ether through propene hydration
R
& D Background
Diisopropyl
ether (DIPE) is an excellent solvent for animal, vegetable
and mineral oils. It’s a better solvent for extraction
than acetone and ether and widely used in dewaxing of
paraffin-based oil products. Besides, diisopropyl ether
are used as solvent in medicine, powder and paint
cleaning.
DIPE’s
is an promising gasoline blending component for the fact
that its octane index (（MON＋RON）／2
) is 105.
FRIPP
started its development of producing DIPE through propene
hydration in 1993.Under certain operating conditions, the
conversion of propene is 48.9% and the selectivity to DIPE
is 85.5%。
Features
Low
cost
High
selectivity
High
temperature stability for catalyst
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