Food grade Hexane

Description

Food grade hexane is produced from raw hexane feed by using sulfolane to reduce the unsaturates content.

Salient Features

2. •  Use of Sulpholane, as extraction solvent, possesses a favorable combination of solvent power and selectivity

3. •  Globally hydrogenation route is preferred for removal of benzene and olefins from naphtha fractions.

4. •  Hydrogenation route is unattractive for feeds with high aromatic content, as it requires higher capital investment

5. •  Sulpholane extraction technology developed at IIP can accept feed with any benzene content and is economical as compared with hydrogenation

Commercialization:

1. •  This technology was developed by CSIR-IIP in 1984 in collaboration with EIL.

2. •  First commercialized in BPCL, Mumbai in 1989

User Industries

1. •  Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Mumbai

   •  Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL), Chennai

   •  Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), Mumbai

For further information please contact

Mr. Suryadev Kumar
Sr. Scientist
Indian Institute of Petroleum
Dehradun – 248 005
Email : suryadev@iip.res.in
Phone : 0135 2525704