US Patent 7420095 Purification process of aromatics

Process for reduction of bromine index in aromatics, comprising the steps of feeding an aromatics feed stream which contains olefin impurities to a distillation column; withdrawing an overhead stream from the distillation column; subjecting at least a portion of the overhead stream to a treatment for the alkylation or polymerization of olefin in a clay treater to provide a purified overhead stream which is then injected to the aromatics feed stream.