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Sulfolane liquid-liquid extraction of aromatics

Liquid-liquid extractionSulfolaneAromatics
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Liquid-liquid extraction of aromatics from a refinery catalytic-reformer stream with sulfolane, after Figure 10.1 of T. Brouwer (PhD thesis, TU Twente, 2021). A countercurrent extraction cascade pulls benzene and toluene preferentially into the sulfolane-rich extract, leaving a methylcyclohexane-rich raffinate.

The flowsheet

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FEED
Solvent
feed
solv
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raff
Extractor
Extract
Raffinate

The stream table

Every stream's flow, temperature, pressure, and composition — real converged numbers, not placeholders.

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