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[bThe UOP Parex* process is an innovative adsorptive separation method for the recovery ofpara-xylene from mixed xylenes. The term mixed xylenes refers to a mixture of C8 aromaticisomers that includes ethylbenzene, para-xylene, meta-xylene, and ortho-xylene.These isomers boil so closely together that separating them by conventional distillation isnot practical. The Parex process provides an efficient means of recovering para-xylene byusing a solid zeolitic adsorbent that is selective for para-xylene. Unlike conventionalchromatography, the Parex process simulates the countercurrent flow of a liquid feed overa solid bed of adsorbent. Feed and products enter and leave the adsorbent bed continuouslyat nearly constant compositions. This technique is sometimes referred to as simulatedmoving-bed (SMB) separation.In a modern aromatics complex (Fig. 2.6.1), the Parex unit is located downstream ofthe xylene column and is integrated with a UOP Isomar* unit. The feed to the xylene columnconsists of the C8 aromatics product from the CCR* Platforming* unit togetherwith the xylenes produced in the Tatoray unit. The C8 fraction from the overhead of thexylene column is fed to the Parex unit, where high-purity para-xylene is recovered in theextract. The Parex raffinate is then sent to the Isomar unit, where the other C8 aromatic isomersare converted to additional para-xylene and recycled to the xylene column. A completedescription of the entire aromatics complex may be found in Chap. 2.1.UOP Parex units are designed to recover more than 97 wt % of the para-xylene fromthe feed in a single pass at a product purity of 99.9 wt % or better. The Parex design isenergy-efficient, mechanically simple, and highly reliable. On-stream factors for Parexunits typically exceed 95 percent.