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The UOP Parex process uses a solid zeolitic adsorbent in a simulated moving-bed system to efficiently separate para-xylene from a mixture of C8 aromatic isomers, achieving over 97% recovery of para-xylene at 99.9% purity in a single pass. In an integrated aromatics complex, the Parex unit receives a C8 fraction from a xylene column downstream of reforming and isomerization units, recovering high-purity para-xylene while sending raffinate to an isomerization unit to increase para-xylene yields. UOP Parex units are designed for high recovery and purity as well as energy efficiency, simplicity, and reliability with over 95%

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Uop Parex Process

The UOP Parex process uses a solid zeolitic adsorbent in a simulated moving-bed system to efficiently separate para-xylene from a mixture of C8 aromatic isomers, achieving over 97% recovery of para-xylene at 99.9% purity in a single pass. In an integrated aromatics complex, the Parex unit receives a C8 fraction from a xylene column downstream of reforming and isomerization units, recovering high-purity para-xylene while sending raffinate to an isomerization unit to increase para-xylene yields. UOP Parex units are designed for high recovery and purity as well as energy efficiency, simplicity, and reliability with over 95%

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UOP PAREX PROCESS

The UOP Parex* process is an innovative adsorptive separation method for the recovery of paraxylene from mixed xylenes. The term mixed xylenes refers to a mixture of C8 aromatic isomers
that includes ethylbenzene, para-xylene, meta-xylene, and ortho-xylene. These isomers boil so
closely together that separating them by conventional distillation is not practical. The Parex
process provides an efficient means of recovering para-xylene by using a solid zeolitic adsorbent
that is selective for para-xylene. Unlike conventional chromatography, the Parex process
simulates the countercurrent flow of a liquid feed over a solid bed of adsorbent. Feed and
products enter and leave the adsorbent bed continuously at nearly constant compositions. This
technique is sometimes referred to as simulated moving-bed (SMB) separation

INTEGRATED UOP AROMATICS COMPLEX.


In a modern aromatics complex , the Parex unit is located downstream of the xylene column and
is integrated with a UOP Isomar* unit. The feed to the xylene column consists of the C8_
aromatics product from the CCR* Platforming* unit together with the xylenes produced in the
Tatoray unit. The C8 fraction from the overhead of the xylene column is fed to the Parex unit,
where high-purity para-xylene is recovered in the extract. The Parex raffinate is then sent to the
Isomar unit, where the other C8 aromatic isomers are converted to additional para-xylene and
recycled to the xylene column.
UOP Parex units are designed to recover more than 97 wt % of the para-xylene from the feed in
a single pass at a product purity of 99.9 wt % or better. The Parex design is energy-efficient,
mechanically simple, and highly reliable. On-stream factors for Parex units typically exceed 95
percent.

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