Difasol catalytic performances

Tables Effect of butene feed dilution on Difasol catalytic performances.

From these results, the Institut Fran ais du Petrole (IFF) has developed a biphasic version of its established monophasic Dimersol process , which is offered for licensing under the name Difasol process [98]. The Difasol process uses slightly acidic chloroaluminate ionic liquids with small amounts of allcylaluminiums as the solvent for the catalytic nickel center. In comparison to the established Dimersol process , the new biphasic ionic liquid process drastically reduces the consumption of Ni-cata-lyst and allcylaluminiums. Additional advantages arise from the good performance obtained with highly diluted feedstodcs and the significantly improved dimer selectivity of the Difasol process (for more detailed information see Section 5.3). 

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