| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 208062000 | First stage is reforming | 54 |
| 20100300933 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DIESEL FUEL - Provided is A method of manufacturing diesel fuel, including: fractionating in a first fractionator a synthetic oil obtained by Fisher-Tropsch synthesis into at least two fractions of a middle fraction, and a wax fraction containing a wax component heavier than the middle fraction; hydroisomerizing the middle fraction by bringing the middle fraction into contact with a hydroisomerizing catalyst to produce a hydroisomerized middle fraction; hydrocracking the wax fraction by bringing the wax fraction into contact with a hydrocracking catalyst to produce a wax decomposition compound; fractionating in a second fractionator a mixture of the hydroisomerized middle fraction and the hydrocracked wax fraction into at least two fractions including a kerosene fraction and a gas oil fraction; and mixing the at least two fractions at a predetermined blend ratio to produce a diesel fuel having a kinematic viscosity at 30° C. of 2.5 mm | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110297583 | PROCESS FOR FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for fluid catalytic cracking. The process may include providing a torch oil to a stripping section of a first reaction zone, which in turn can communicate at least a partially spent catalyst to a regeneration zone for providing additional heat duty to the regeneration zone. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20150076033 | PROCESS FOR CONVERTING FISCHER-TROPSCH LIQUIDS AND WAXES INTO LUBRICANT BASE STOCK AND/OR TRANSPORTATION FUELS - A process for converting Fischer-Tropsch liquids and waxes into lubricant base stock and/or transportation fuels is disclosed. The process includes the steps of feeding a Fischer-Tropsch wax to a first isomerization unit to produce an isomerized Fischer-Tropsch wax product; combining a Fischer-Tropsch liquid with the isomerized Fischer-Tropsch wax product to create a mixture of the Fischer-Tropsch liquid and the Fischer-Tropsch wax product; and feeding the mixture to a fractionation column to separate the mixture into a lubricant base stock fraction and at least one transportation fuel fraction. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150368571 | PROCESS FOR CONVERTING FCC NAPHTHA INTO AROMATICS - A method and apparatus for processing hydrocarbons are described. The method includes fractionating a hydrocarbon stream to form at least two fractions. The first fraction is reformed to form a reformate stream, and the reformate stream is introduced into an aromatics processing zone to produce aromatic products. At least a portion of the second fraction is cracked in a fluid catalytic cracking unit. A selectively hydrogenated light naphtha stream is formed by separating the cracked hydrocarbon stream into at least two streams and selectively hydrogenating the light naphtha stream, or selectively hydrogenating the cracked hydrocarbon stream and separating the hydrogenated cracked hydrocarbon stream into at least two streams. Aromatics are extracted from the selectively hydrogenated light naphtha stream forming an extract stream and a raffinate stream. The extract stream is hydrotreated, sent to the aromatics processing zone to produce additional aromatic products. | 12-24-2015 |
| 208063000 | Reforming in all stages | 39 |
| 20100243521 | Fired Heater for a Hydrocarbon Conversion Process - One exemplary embodiment of the present invention can be a fired heater for a hydrocarbon conversion process. The fired heater includes inlet and outlet headers or manifolds, a set of heater tubes with each heater tube having an inlet and an outlet, at least one restriction orifice adjacent the inlet of at least one heater tube. The restriction orifice may be within the inlet manifold and adjacent the inlet of a heater tube, or between the inlet manifold and the inlet to the heater tube. A process may include passing a hydrocarbon stream through the fired heater described herein during the course of operating a hydrocarbon conversion process. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110005971 | NAPHTHA PRODUCTIVE AROMATIC HYDROCARBON REFORMING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - The invention discloses a catalytic reforming system and a method thereof. The system comprises a heating device and a reaction device and is characterized in that the reaction device ( | 01-13-2011 |
| 20120273392 | Process for Increasing Benzene and Toluene Production - A process for reforming a hydrocarbon stream is presented. The process involves splitting a naphtha feedstream to at least two feedstreams and passing each feedstream to separation reformers. The reformers are operated under different conditions to utilize the differences in the reaction properties of the different hydrocarbon components. The process utilizes a common catalyst, and common downstream processes for recovering the desired aromatic compounds generated. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130026066 | Process Development By Parallel Operation Of Paraffin Isomerization Unit With Reformer - A process for refining naphtha that results in an improved octane value in a subsequent gasoline blend. Certain embodiments include separating a naphtha feed into light naphtha and heavy naphtha; separating the heavy naphtha into a paraffin stream and non-paraffin stream; introducing the light naphtha to a first isomerization unit, introducing the paraffin stream to a second isomerization unit; introducing the non-paraffin stream to a reforming unit and combining the resulting effluents to form a gasoline blend. The resulting gasoline blend has improved characteristics over gasoline blends that are made without introducing the paraffin stream to a second isomerization unit. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20140374312 | PROCESSES AND APPARATUSES FOR PRODUCING AROMATIC COMPOUNDS FROM A NAPHTHA FEED STREAM - Processes and apparatuses for producing aromatic compounds from a naphtha feed stream are provided herein. In an embodiment, a process for producing aromatic compounds includes heating the naphtha feed stream to produce a heated naphtha feed stream. The heated naphtha feed stream is reformed within a plurality of reforming stages that are arranged in series to produce a downstream product stream. The plurality of reforming stages is operated at ascending reaction temperatures. The naphtha feed stream is heated by transferring heat from the downstream product stream to the naphtha feed stream to produce the heated naphtha feed stream and a cooled downstream product stream. | 12-25-2014 |
| 208064000 | Catalyst in at least one stage | 34 |
| 20090050522 | Methods of Improving thermal transfer within a hydrocarbon reformig system - A process for supplementing steam reformation with hydrogen, oxygen and heat from dissociation of hydrogen peroxide (H | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090166252 | Process for preparing lube basestocks having superior low temperature properties at high VI - A process for preparing basestocks having superior low temperature properties at high viscosity index (VI). More particularly, a waxy feedstock is contacted with a first dewaxing catalyst having a refined constraint index (CI*) 2.0 or less followed by contacting with a second dewaxing catalyst having a refined constraint index greater than 2.0. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090301933 | CATALYTIC REFORMING PROCESS TO PRODUCE HIGH OCTANE GASOLINE - The present invention is a multistage reforming process to produce high octane product from naphtha boiling range feed. In the process, a effluent product from a penultimate reforming stage is separated into at least a first stream and a second stream by boiling point. The lower boiling of the two streams is further reformed in a final reforming stage over a medium pore molecular sieve catalyst. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100012552 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING GASOLINE - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for producing a gasoline. The process can include contacting a feed having a naphtha and recycling at least a portion of the reaction zone effluent to the one or more reforming reaction zones. Generally, the reformate includes no more than about 15%, by volume, benzene, with a UZM-8 catalyst in one or more reforming reaction zones to produce a reaction zone effluent. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100314288 | PROCESS FOR PRE-GENERATIVE REFORMING OF GASOLINES, COMPRISING RECYCLING AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE EFFLUENT FROM THE CATALYST REDUCTION PHASE - The present invention describes a process for regenerative reforming of gasolines, characterized by recycling at least a portion of the effluent from the catalyst reduction zone to the head of the last or penultimate reactor of the reaction zone. This arrangement can significantly improve the hydrogen balance of the unit and the production of reformate. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110147265 | Adsorbing Polynuclear Aromatics From a Reforming Process at Reaction Temperatures - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for removing one or more polynuclear aromatics from at least one reformate stream from a reforming zone. The PNAs may be removed using an adsorption zone. The adsorption zone can include first and second vessels. Generally, the process includes passing the at least a portion of an effluent of the reforming zone through the first vessel containing a first activated carbon. The adsorption zone is operated at a temperature of at least 370° C. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110315597 | CATALYTIC PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR BASE OIL PRODUCTION FROM HEAVY FEEDSTOCK - Processes and catalyst systems are provided for dewaxing a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock to form a lubricant base oil. A layered catalyst system of the present invention may comprise a first hydroisomerization dewaxing catalyst disposed upstream from a second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalyst. Each of the first and second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalysts may be selective for the isomerization of n-paraffins. The first hydroisomerization catalyst has a first level of selectivity for the isomerization of n-paraffins, the second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalyst has a second level of selectivity for the isomerization of n-paraffins, and a layered catalyst system comprising the first and second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalysts has a third level of selectivity for the isomerization of n-paraffins. The third level of selectivity may be higher than each of the first level of selectivity and the second level of selectivity. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110315598 | CATALYTIC PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR BASE OIL PRODUCTION USING ZEOLITE SSZ-32x - Processes and catalyst systems are provided for dewaxing a hydrocarbon feedstock to form a lubricant base oil. A layered catalyst system of the present invention may comprise a first hydroisomerization dewaxing catalyst disposed upstream from a second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalyst. Each of the first and second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalysts may be selective for the isomerization of n-paraffins. The first hydroisomerization catalyst may have a higher level of selectivity for the isomerization of n-paraffins than the second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalyst. At least one of the first and second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalysts comprises small crystallite zeolite SSZ-32x. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120067774 | PROCESSES FOR INCREASING THE OVERALL AROMATICS AND XYLENES YIELD IN AN AROMATICS COMPLEX - Processes for increasing overall aromatics and xylenes yield in an aromatics complex are provided. A C | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120125814 | PROCESS FOR REFORMING HYDROCARBON CUTS - A process for reforming a feed composed of one or more hydrocarbon cuts containing 9 to 22 carbon atoms comprises:
| 05-24-2012 |
| 20120160740 | PROCESSES FOR IONIC LIQUID CATALYZED UPGRADING OF OXYGENATE CONTAINING HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCKS - Ionic liquid catalyzed hydrocarbon conversion processes for upgrading oxygenate containing olefinic hydrocarbon feedstocks may involve treating an oxygenate containing hydrocarbon stream to provide an olefin enriched hydrocarbon stream, which may be contacted with an ionic liquid catalyst under hydrocarbon conversion conditions to provide a converted hydrocarbon stream containing one or more halogenated components; such components may be removed from the converted hydrocarbon stream to provide one or more dechlorinated hydrocarbon products. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20130008827 | HYDROISOMERIZATION CATALYST, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, METHOD OF DEWAXING HYDROCARBON OIL, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HYDROCARBON, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LUBE BASE OIL - The hydroisomerization catalyst of the present invention is a catalyst used for hydroisomerization of a hydrocarbon, including a support including a calcined zeolite modified with at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Cs, Mg, Ca, Ba, and K, and having a thermal history that includes heating at 350° C. or more, and at least one inorganic oxide selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, titania, boria, zirconia, magnesia, ceria, zinc oxide, phosphorus oxide, and a composite oxide containing a combination of at least two or more of these oxides; and at least one metal supported on the support and selected from the group consisting of elements belonging to Groups 8 to 10 of the periodic table, molybdenum and tungsten. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130037446 | GAZOLINE UPGRADING PROCESS - The present invention relates to a process allowing the tuning of the gasoline/diesel balance by converting an initial feedstock containing olefins from 4 to 20 carbon atoms using a crystalline catalyst with reduced diffusional limitations. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130062253 | INTEGRATED BUTANE ISOMERIZATION AND IONIC LIQUID CATALYZED ALKYLATION PROCESSES - Integrated isomerization and ionic liquid catalyzed alkylation processes may comprise integrating ionic liquid alkylation and n-butane isomerization using a common distillation unit for separating an n-butane containing fraction from at least one of an alkylation hydrocarbon phase from an ionic liquid alkylation reactor and an isomerization hydrocarbon stream from an isomerization unit. The n-butane containing fraction may undergo isomerization to provide an isomerization reactor effluent comprising the isomerization hydrocarbon stream. An isobutane containing fraction, separated from at least one of the alkylation hydrocarbon phase and the isomerization hydrocarbon stream, may be recycled from the distillation unit to the ionic liquid alkylation reactor. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130087482 | REFORMING PROCESS WITH INTEGRATED FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKER GASOLINE AND HYDROPROCESSED CYCLE OIL - A reforming process includes integrating catalytic cracking product naphtha dehydrogenation and naphtha from a hydrocracking zone and feeding them to a dehydrogenation zone. The dehydrogenation zone includes a first portion of reforming catalyst from a catalyst regenerator that moves downward through the dehydrogenation zone. A product stream from the dehydrogenation zone flows to an aromatics unit and is separated into an aromatic-rich extract and a raffinate. Straight run naphtha and the raffinate are introduced to a first reforming zone that includes a second portion of reforming catalyst. The reforming catalyst moves through the first reforming zone then is removed from the bottom of each of the first reforming zone and the dehydrogenation zone and is fed to a second reforming zone. An effluent from the first reforming zone is fed to a plurality of reforming zones. The reforming catalyst moves downward through the multiple refoiniing zones then to a regenerator. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20140291205 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR HEATING HYDROCARBON STREAMS FOR PROCESSING - Methods and apparatuses for processing hydrocarbon streams are provided. In an embodiment, a method for processing a hydrocarbon stream includes heating a feed stream in a convective bank. In the method, the feed stream is reacted in a first reaction zone to form a first effluent. The first effluent is heated in a first radiant cell that combusts fuel gas to heat the first effluent and forms a first exhaust gas. The method includes contacting the first exhaust gas with the convective bank to heat the feed stream. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140374313 | Catalytic Reforming Process with Dual Reforming Zones and Split Feed - A process for the conversion of paraffins and olefins in a hydrocarbon feedstream to aromatics is presented. The process includes separating the hydrocarbon feedstream into two separate streams, a lighter hydrocarbon stream and a heavier hydrocarbon stream, and processing each of the streams separately. The process includes passing the light stream through a series of reforming units and adding the heavy stream at a downstream position to pass through a subsequent reforming unit. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150299586 | HYDROTREATING AND DEWAXING PROCESS - The invention provides a process for hydrotreating and dewaxing a hydrocarbon feedstock, comprising the steps of: (a) hydrotreating the feedstock under hydrotreating conditions in a first reaction zone to obtain a first stage hydrotreated effluent; and (b) introducing at least part of the first stage hydrotreated effluent into a second reaction zone in which the first stage hydrotreated effluent is subjected to a series of alternating dewaxing steps and hydrotreating steps, which dewaxing steps are carried out under catalytically dewaxing conditions and the hydrotreating steps are carried out under hydrotreating conditions, wherein the first step in the series of alternating dewaxing and hydrotreating steps is a dewaxing step and the last step of the series of alternating dewaxing and hydrotreating steps is a hydrotreating step, and the dewaxing steps are carried out with a dewaxing catalyst which comprises a Group VIII metal hydrogenation component, dealuminated aluminosilicate zeolite crystallites and a low acidity refractory oxide binder material which is essentially free of alumina. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160068766 | REGENERATOR FOR REGENERATING CATALYSTS UNDER DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS - The present invention concerns a moving bed catalyst regenerator ( | 03-10-2016 |
| 208065000 | Noble metal containing catalyst | 15 |
| 20090194457 | Catalyst Distribution in the Regenerative Reforming Progress - The invention concerns a regenerative reforming process in 3 or 4 reforming reactors, wherein:
| 08-06-2009 |
| 20090301934 | MULTI-STAGE REFORMING PROCESS TO PRODUCE HIGH OCTANE GASOLINE - The present invention relates to a multistage reforming process to produce a high octane product. A naphtha boiling range feedstock is processed in a multi-stage reforming process, in which said process involves at least 1) a penultimate stage for reforming the naphtha feedstock to produce a penultimate effluent 2) a separation step for separating the penultimate effluent into at least an intermediate stream and a heavy stream based on boiling point and 3) a final stage for further reforming the intermediate stream. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100213101 | REFORMING PROCESS AT LOW PRESSURE - Processes for reforming of naphtha feedstocks are described. Briefly, a two stage naphtha reforming process is described. The first stage uses a low acidity beta zeolite catalyst under relatively mild reforming conditions to form an effluent. This effluent is passed to a subsequent stage where further reforming occurs using a catalyst containing ZSM-5 zeolite. The second stage is run under mild reforming conditions. The low pressures employed in the reforming process described maximize liquid product yield by avoiding unwanted cracking reactions and production of light products. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110005972 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING NAPHTHENIC BASE OILS FROM EFFLUENCES OF FLUIDIZED CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing high-quality naphthenic base oil by subjecting, as a feedstock, light cycle oil (LCO) and slurry oil (SLO) obtained through fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) to hydrotreating and dewaxing. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110132804 | Increasing octane number of light naphtha using a germanium-zeolite catalyst - This invention relates to a process for the increasing the octane number of a naphtha hydrocarbon feed having a predominantly paraffin content with a germanium-containing zeolite catalyst. The catalyst is a non-acidic germanium zeolite on which a noble metal, such as platinum, has been deposited. The zeolite structure may be of MTW, MWW, MEL, TON, MRE, FER, MFI, BEA, MOR, LTL or MTT. The zeolite is made non-acidic by being base-exchanged with an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, such as cesium, potassium, sodium, rubidium, barium, calcium, magnesium and mixtures thereof, to reduce acidity. The catalyst is sulfur tolerant. The hydrocarbon feed may contain sulfur up to 1000 ppm. The present invention could be applicable to a feedstream which is predominantly naphthenes and paraffins. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20120000817 | Production of Low Color Middle Distillate Fuels - In a process for producing a low color diesel and/or kerosene fuel, a middle distillate feed can be supplied to a reactor having at least one first catalyst bed containing a first desulfurization and/or isomerization catalyst and at least one second catalyst bed containing a decolorization catalyst downstream from the first catalyst bed(s). The feed can be reacted with the hydrogen in the presence of the first catalyst at a temperature from about 290° C. to about 430° C. to produce a first liquid effluent, which can be cooled by about 10° C. to about 40° C. with a quench medium and cascaded to the at least one second catalyst bed. The cooled first liquid effluent can then be reacted with hydrogen in the presence of the decolorization catalyst at a temperature from about 280° C. to about 415° C. to produce a second effluent having an ASTM color less than 2.5. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120024753 | MULTI-STAGE REFORMING PROCESS TO PRODUCE HIGH OCTANE GASOLINE - The present invention relates to a multistage reforming process to produce a high octane product. A naphtha boiling range feedstock is processed in a multi-stage reforming process, in which said process involves at least 1) a penultimate stage for reforming the naphtha feedstock to produce a penultimate effluent 2) a final stage for further reforming at least a portion of the penultimate effluent 3) a regeneration step for the final stage catalyst. The severity of the penultimate stage can be increased during final stage catalyst regeneration in order to maintain the target RON of the reformate product and avoid reactor downtime. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120024754 | MULTI-STAGE REFORMING PROCESS WITH FINAL STAGE CATALYST REGENERATION - The present invention relates to a multistage reforming process to produce a high octane product. A naphtha boiling range feedstock is processed in a multi-stage reforming process, in which said process involves at least 1) a penultimate stage for reforming the naphtha feedstock to produce a penultimate effluent 2) a final stage for further reforming at least a portion of the penultimate effluent 3) a regeneration step for the final stage catalyst. The severity of the penultimate stage can be increased during final stage catalyst regeneration in order to maintain the target RON of the reformate product and avoid reactor downtime. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120024755 | Purification of Transalkylation Feedstock - A guard bed or absorber is placed upstream of a transalkylation reactor to avoid deposition of halide and/or halogen species on the catalysts in said reactor. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20140076778 | MULTI-STAGE REFORMING PROCESS TO PRODUCE HIGH OCTANE GASOLINE - The present invention relates to a multistage reforming process to produce a high octane product. A naphtha boiling range feedstock is processed in a multi-stage reforming process, in which the process involves at least 1) a penultimate stage for reforming the naphtha feedstock to produce a penultimate effluent 2) a final stage for further reforming at least a portion of the penultimate effluent 3) a regeneration step for the final stage catalyst. The severity of the penultimate stage can be increased during final stage catalyst regeneration in order to maintain the target RON of the reformate product and avoid reactor downtime. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140291206 | CATALYTIC PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR BASE OIL PRODUCTION USING ZEOLITE SSZ-32X - Processes and catalyst systems are provided for dewaxing a hydrocarbon feedstock to form a lubricant base oil. A layered catalyst system of the present invention may comprise a first hydroisomerization dewaxing catalyst disposed upstream from a second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalyst. Each of the first and second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalysts may be selective for the isomerization of n-paraffins. The first hydroisomerization catalyst may have a higher level of selectivity for the isomerization of n-paraffins than the second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalyst. At least one of the first and second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalysts comprises small crystallite zeolite SSZ-32x. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20150144528 | PROCESS TO PREPARE A GAS OIL FRACTION AND A RESIDUAL BASE OIL - The present invention provides a process to prepare a gas oil fraction, a heavy distillate fraction and a residual base oil fraction, which process at least comprises the following steps: (a) subjecting the feedstock to a hydroprocessing step to obtain an at least partially isomerised feedstock; (b) separating the isomerised feedstock by means of distillation into at least a gas oil fraction, a heavy distillate fraction and a residual fraction, wherein the residual fraction has a T10 wt % boiling point of between 200 and 450° C.; (c) recycling part of the residual fraction to step (a); and (d) catalytic dewaxing of remaining residual fraction to obtain a residual base oil. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20160053186 | STAGGERED FIRED HEATER MANIFOLDS - A hydrocarbon conversion process is described. The process includes passing a hydrocarbon stream through a plurality of reaction zones and a plurality of fired heaters, the effluent from a first reaction zone passing through one of the plurality of fired heaters before entering a second reaction zone. The plurality of fired heaters include a radiant section, an inlet manifold, an outlet manifold, at least one heater tube having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet being in fluid communication with the inlet manifold and the outlet being in fluid communication with the outlet manifold, and at least one burner, the inlet manifold of one of the plurality of fired heaters being at a vertical height different from a vertical height of at least one of the other inlet manifolds or at least one of the outlet manifolds. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160145506 | TWO-STAGE REFORMING PROCESS CONFIGURED FOR INCREASED FEED RATE TO MANUFACTURE REFORMATE - Described herein is a two-stage reforming process using a unique configuration which allows the reforming unit to operate at a higher naphtha feed rate as compared to conventional reforming configurations. In the unique reforming process described herein, a naphtha feedstock undergoes a distillation step prior to the first reforming stage. The distillation step separates the naphtha feedstock into a top light a C | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160145507 | TWO-STAGE REFORMING PROCESS CONFIGURED FOR INCREASED FEED RATE TO MANUFACTURE REFORMATE AND BENZENE - Described herein is a two-stage reforming process using a unique configuration which allows the reforming unit to operate at a higher naphtha feed rate as compared to conventional reforming configurations. In the unique reforming process described herein, a naphtha feedstock undergoes a distillation step prior to the first reforming stage. The distillation step separates the naphtha feedstock into a top light C | 05-26-2016 |
| 208066000 | Catalytic | 11 |
| 20090071871 | PROCESS TO CONVERSION OF OXYGENATES TO GASOLINE - A process for the preparation of hydrocarbon products, comprising the steps of
| 03-19-2009 |
| 20110089080 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH QUALITY NAPHTHENIC BASE OILS - A method of manufacturing high-quality naphthenic base oils comprising a high aromatic content and a large amount of impurities with a boiling point higher than that of gasoline. High-quality naphthenic base oil may be manufactured from light cycle oil (LCO) and slurry oil (SLO), which are inexpensive, and have a high aromatic content, a large amount of impurities, and which are effluents of a fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) unit. The method also relates to the pretreatment process of a feedstock, where the amounts of impurities (sulfur, nitrogen, polynuclear aromatic compounds and various metals components) in the feedstock are reduced. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110226664 | Flexible production of alkylate gasoline and distillate - A process for producing hydrocarbon products, comprising: a) operating a process unit in an alkylate mode wherein greater than 50 wt % of a C | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110233111 | Processing of acid containing hydrocarbons - A method for thermally cracking a carboxylic acid containing hydrocarbonaceous feed wherein the feed is first processed in a vaporization step that contains at least one catalyst effective to convert carboxylic acid species to carbon dioxide and hydrocarbon and/or lower molecular weight acids and hydrocarbon. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110315599 | INTEGRATED HYDROCRACKING AND DEWAXING OF HYDROCARBONS - An integrated process for producing naphtha fuel, diesel fuel and/or lubricant base oils from feedstocks under sour conditions is provided. The ability to process feedstocks under higher sulfur and/or nitrogen conditions allows for reduced cost processing and increases the flexibility in selecting a suitable feedstock. The sour feed can be delivered to a catalytic dewaxing step without any separation of sulfur and nitrogen contaminants, or with only a high pressure separation so that the dewaxing still occurs under sour conditions. Various combinations of hydrotreating, catalytic dewaxing, hydrocracking, and hydrofinishing can be used to produce fuel products and lubricant base oil products. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20130020233 | PROCESSES FOR CATALYTICALLY REFORMING NAPHTHA - Disclosed herein is a process for catalytically reforming naphtha, comprising, in the presence of hydrogen gas, contacting naphtha with at least one reforming catalyst under the conditions of a pressure ranging from 0.15 to 3.0 MPa, a temperature ranging from 300 to 540° C., a volume space velocity ranging from 2.1 to 50 h | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130193034 | CATALYTIC REFORMING PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REDUCED BENZENE GASOLINE - A catalytic reforming process for producing gasoline of reduced benzene content includes the steps of reforming a reformer feedstock that includes a naphtha stream to produce a gasoline reformate product stream; splitting the gasoline reformate product stream into one or more relatively benzene-rich fractions and one or more relatively benzene-lean fractions; and hydrogenating the one or more relatively benzene-rich fractions to produce a cyclohexane-rich effluent, at least a portion of which cyclohexane-rich effluent is recycled to constitute a portion of the reformer feedstock. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20160122664 | PROCESSES FOR MAXIMIZING HIGH QUALITY DISTILLATE - A process for producing a high quality distillate that meets the ultralow sulfur, cold flow, and distillation requirements. The feed stream is first hydrotreated and dewaxed in the same reactor to provide a hydrotreated and dewaxed effluent. The hydrotreated and dewaxed effluent is separated in a separation zone into a liquid and a vapor phase, the vapor phase comprising a hydrogen containing gas that can be recycled. The liquid phase is separated into at least a diesel stream and a heavy hydrocarbon stream. The heavy hydrocarbon stream is hydrocracked and the hydrocracked effluent may be passed to the reactor for hydrotreating and dewaxing or passed to the separation zone with the hydrotreated and dewaxed effluent. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160152913 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ALTERNATING PRODUCTION OF DISTILLATE FUELS AND LUBE BASESTOCKS FROM HEAVY HYDROCARBON FEED | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160177202 | PROCESS FOR THE INTENSE CONVERSION OF RESIDUES, MAXIMIZING THE GAS OIL YIELD | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160177203 | PROCESS FOR THE INTENSE CONVERSION OF RESIDUES, MAXIMIZING THE GASOLINE YIELD | 06-23-2016 |
