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20090118556 | ZEOLITIC CATALYST WITH A CONTROLLED DOPING ELEMENT CONTENT, AND IMPROVED PROCESS FOR PROCESSING HYDROCARBON FEEDS - The present invention concerns doped catalysts on a mixed zeolite/alumino-silicate support with a low macropore content, and hydrocracking/hydroconversion and hydrotreatment processes employing them. The catalyst comprises at least one hydrodehydrogenating element selected from the group formed by elements from group VIB and group VIII of the periodic table and a doping element in a controlled quantity selected from phosphorus, boron and silicon, and a support based on zeolite Y defined by a lattice parameter a of the unit cell in the range 24.40×10 | 05-07-2009 |
20090124839 | PRODUCTION OF LIQUID ALKANES IN THE JET FUEL RANGE (C8-C15) FROM BIOMASS-DERIVED CARBOHYDRATES - Described is a method for making a composition comprising alkanes. The composition is suitable for use as a liquid transportation fuel in general, and jet fuel in particular. The method includes dehydrating a feedstock solution comprising a carbohydrate, in the presence of an acid catalyst, to yield at least one furan derivative compound, in a reaction vessel containing a biphasic reaction medium: an aqueous reaction solution and a substantially immiscible organic extraction solution. The furan derivative compound is then subjected to a self-aldol condensation reaction or a crossed-aldol condensation reaction with another carbonyl compound to yield a beta-hydroxy carbonyl compound and/or an alpha-beta unsaturated carbonyl compound. The beta-hydroxy carbonyl and/or alpha-beta unsaturated compounds are then hydrogenated to yield a saturated or partially saturated compound, followed by hydrodeoxygenation (e.g., dehydrating and hydrogenating) of the saturated or partially saturated compound to yield a composition of matter comprising alkanes. | 05-14-2009 |
20090326287 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING O-XYLENE - A process for preparing o-xylene comprises the steps of
| 12-31-2009 |
20100036182 | PROCESS OF DIRECT CONVERSION OF A CHARGE COMPRISING OLEFINS WITH FOUR AND/OR FIVE CARBON ATOMS, FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PROPYLENE WITH CO-PRODUCTION OF GASOLINE - The invention relates to a process for production of propylene from a C4/C5 olefin cut (for example from steam cracking and/or catalytic cracking), this process comprising an optional selective hydrogenation, a selective oligomerization of the isobutenes and an oligocracking of the n-butenes. | 02-11-2010 |
20100056834 | Method of Isolating Linear Butenes from a Mixed Hydrocarbon Feed - Described is an apparatus for, and a method of, recovering linear butenes from a mixed feed comprising providing a first mixed feed comprising linear butenes and isobutene; contacting the first mixed feed with an oligomerization catalyst such as an MWW family zeolite in a first oligomerization reactor to produce a second mixed feed comprising the linear butenes, C | 03-04-2010 |
20100076233 | SYNTHESIS OF LIQUID FUELS FROM BIOMASS - Processes and reactor systems are provided for the conversion of oxygenated hydrocarbons to paraffins useful as liquid fuels. The process involves the conversion of water soluble oxygenated hydrocarbons to oxygenates, such as alcohols, furans, ketones, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, diols, triols, and/or other polyols, followed by the subsequent conversion of the oxygenates to paraffins by dehydration and alkylation. The oxygenated hydrocarbons may originate from any source, but are preferably derived from biomass. | 03-25-2010 |
20100249471 | PRODUCTION OF PROPYLENE FROM BUTANE - This invention relates to an integrated process for the efficient production of olefins from C | 09-30-2010 |
20100292517 | PRODUCTION OF VAPOUR-CRACKING LOADS WITH A HIGH YIELD OF THE RESULTING ETHYLENE, PROPYLENE AND POLYMERS BY HYDROPROCESSING OF VEGETABLE OILS - The invention describes a process for treatment of a feedstock that is obtained from a renewable source that comprises a hydrotreatment stage in the presence of at least one fixed-bed catalyst, whereby said catalyst comprises a hydro-dehydrogenating function and an amorphous substrate, at a temperature of between 50 and 450° C., at a pressure of between 1 MPa and 10 MPa, at an hourly volumetric flow rate of between 0.1 h−1 and 10 h−1, and in the presence of a total quantity of hydrogen that is mixed with the feedstock such that the hydrogen/feedstock ratio is between 50 and 1000 Nm3 of hydrogen/m3 of feedstock, followed by a separation from the hydrotreated effluent that is obtained from stage a) of hydrogen, gases, and at least one liquid hydrocarbon effluent that consists of at least 50% linear n-paraffins, and a steam-cracking of at least one portion of the liquid hydrocarbon effluent that is obtained from stage b). | 11-18-2010 |
20110021851 | PROCESS OR SYSTEM FOR DESORBING AN ADSORBENT BED - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for desorbing an adsorbent bed. The process can include passing a desorbent stream through the adsorbent bed to remove at least one of a nitrile compound and an oxygenate compound. Generally, the desorbent stream after desorbing is combined with a feed stream for an alkylation zone after a selective hydrogenation zone. | 01-27-2011 |
20110054231 | PROCESS FOR THE CONVERSION OF NATURAL GAS TO ACETYLENE AND LIQUID FUELS WITH EXTERNALLY DERIVED HYDROGEN - A process for converting natural gas from which contaminants have been sufficiently removed to acetylene includes heating the purified gas through a selected range of temperature for adequate time or combustion of the purified gas at adequate temperature within a suitable environment during an adequate reaction time to convert a fraction of the gas stream to acetylene, wherein the acetylene is directed for other processes, reactions, and uses. A process for converting natural gas to liquid hydrocarbons by combusting externally derived hydrogen for heating natural gas to a selected range of temperature. A process for converting natural gas to liquid hydrocarbons by reacting conversion products with externally derived hydrogen to form olefins comprising ethylene, and catalytically forming liquid hydrocarbons from the olefins comprising ethylene. | 03-03-2011 |
20110071328 | Selective Hydrogenation of Dienes in the Manufacture of MLAB - A process and catalyst are presented for the selective hydrogenation of branched diolefins and acetylenes to olefins. The process uses a catalyst having large pores, and a minimal amount of micropores. The catalyst is designed to have minimal diffusional resistance through the large pores, and to minimize the hydrogenation of olefins to paraffins. | 03-24-2011 |
20110092753 | HYDROISOMERIZATION AND SELECTIVE HYDROGENATION OF FEEDSTOCK IN IONIC LIQUID-CATALYZED ALKYLATION - A process for producing alkylate comprising contacting a first hydrocarbon stream comprising at least one olefin having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms which contains 1,3-butadiene and 1-butene with a hydroisomerization catalyst in the presence of hydrogen under conditions favoring the simultaneous selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene to butenes and the isomerization of 1-butene to 2-butene and contacting the resulting stream and a second hydrocarbon stream comprising at least one isoparaffin having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms with an acidic ionic liquid catalyst under alkylation conditions to produce an alkylate is disclosed. | 04-21-2011 |
20110190556 | Transalkylation of Heavy Aromatic Hydrocarbon Feedstocks - In a process for producing xylene by transalkylation of a C | 08-04-2011 |
20110207978 | Method for starting-up naphtha fraction hydrotreating reactor - A method for starting-up a naphtha fraction hydrotreating reactor which subjects a naphtha fraction obtained in a fractionator by fractional distillation of hydrocarbon compounds produced by a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction to hydrotreating, the method comprising: charging in advance an inactive hydrocarbon compound corresponding to the naphtha fraction into a vapor-liquid separator to which hydrogenated naphtha, which has been subjected to hydrotreating in the naphtha fraction hydrotreating reactor, is transferred; mixing the inactive hydrocarbon compound drawn from the vapor-liquid separator and the naphtha fractions being transferred from the fractionator to the naphtha fraction hydrotreating reactor, and supplying a mixture of the naphtha fractions and the inactive hydrocarbon compound to the naphtha fraction hydrotreating reactor. | 08-25-2011 |
20110245554 | Production of Hydrogen, Liquid Fuels, and Chemicals from Catalytic Processing of Bio-Oils - Disclosed herein is a method of generating hydrogen from a bio-oil, comprising hydrogenating a water-soluble fraction of the bio-oil with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, and reforming the water-soluble fraction by aqueous-phase reforming in the presence of a reforming catalyst, wherein hydrogen is generated by the reforming, and the amount of hydrogen generated is greater than that consumed by the hydrogenating. The method can further comprise hydrocracking or hydrotreating a lignin fraction of the bio-oil with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrocracking catalyst wherein the lignin fraction of bio-oil is obtained as a water-insoluble fraction from aqueous extraction of bio-oil. The hydrogen used in the hydrogenating and in the hydrocracking or hydrotreating can be generated by reforming the water-soluble fraction of bio-oil. | 10-06-2011 |
20110257449 | METHOD FOR PREPARING RUTHENIUM CATALYST FOR PRODUCING CYCLOOLEFIN AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CYCLOOLEFIN - A method for preparing a ruthenium catalyst, including a step of reducing a ruthenium catalyst precursor by holding the ruthenium catalyst precursor in an aqueous solution containing a metal salt at a temperature within the range of more than 180° C. and 220° C. or less and a hydrogen partial pressure within the range of 0.6 MPa or more and 5 MPa or less. A method for producing a cycloolefin, including a step of preparing a ruthenium catalyst by the method including a step of reducing a ruthenium catalyst precursor in an aqueous solution containing a metal salt by holding the ruthenium catalyst precursor at a temperature within the range of more than 180° C. and 220° C. or less and a hydrogen partial pressure within the range of 0.6 MPa or more and 5 MPa or less, and a step of partially hydrogenating a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon by use of the ruthenium catalyst obtained. | 10-20-2011 |
20110275870 | REMOVABLE BASKETS CONTAINING FILTRATION PARTICLES FOR FIXED BED REACTORS - A filtration device placed upstream of a catalytic bed of a reactor functioning in downflow or upflow mode consists of a plurality of baskets containing filtration particles with a principal dimension (dp), said baskets being supported by a base plate fixed to the walls of the reactor, termed the filtration plate, the assembly of baskets covering at least the central portion of the section of the reactor, and forming a filtration bed with height Hp. Application of said filtration device to processes for hydrotreatment, selective hydrogenation or conversion of residues or hydrocarbon cuts with a boiling point higher than 120° C., preferably higher than 250° C. | 11-10-2011 |
20120041242 | SUBSTITUTE NATURAL GAS GENERATION - A method and apparatus for producing a substitute natural gas stream to be added to a natural gas stream in which at least part of a refinery gas stream is reacted in a catalytic reactor to hydrogenate olefins into saturated hydrocarbons. The extent to which hydrogen and olefins are reacted in the catalytic reactor is controlled to reduce the concentration of olefins in the resulting substitute natural gas stream and to increase the interchangeability of the substitute natural gas stream with the natural gas. This control can be effectuated by by-passing part of the refinery off gas to an intermediate product stream produced by the catalytic reactor and thereby forming the substitute natural gas stream from the by-passed refinery gas stream and the intermediate product stream. | 02-16-2012 |
20120041243 | INTEGRATION OF A METHANOL-TO-OLEFIN REACTION SYSTEM WITH A HYDROCARBON PYROLYSIS SYSTEM - An integrated MTO synthesis and hydrocarbon pyrolysis system is described in which the MTO system and its complementary olefin cracking reactor are combined with a hydrocarbon pyrolysis reactor in a way that facilitates the flexible production of olefins and other petrochemical products, such as butene-1 and MTBE. | 02-16-2012 |
20120041244 | PRODUCING 1-BUTENE FROM AN OXYGENATE-TO-OLEFIN REACTION SYSTEM - 1-butene is recovered as a purified product from an MTO synthesis and especially from an integrated MTO synthesis and hydrocarbon pyrolysis system in which the MTO system and its complementary olefin cracking reactor are combined with a hydrocarbon pyrolysis reactor in a way that facilitates the flexible production and recovery of olefins and other petrochemical products, particularly butene-1 and MTBE. | 02-16-2012 |
20120041245 | INTEGRATION OF A METHANOL-TO-OLEFIN REACTION SYSTEM WITH A HYDROCARBON PYROLYSIS SYSTEM - An integrated MTO synthesis and hydrocarbon pyrolysis system is described in which the MTO system and its complementary olefin cracking reactor are combined with a hydrocarbon pyrolysis reactor in a way that facilitates the flexible production of olefins and other petrochemical products, such as butene-1 and MTBE. | 02-16-2012 |
20120165584 | Systems and Methods for Processing Hydrocarbons - Systems and methods for processing one or more hydrocarbons are provided. In one or more embodiments, the method can include thermally converting a hydrocarbon comprising methane to produce a first product comprising acetylene. The method can also include hydrogenating the first product to produce a second product comprising ethylene. The method can further include catalytically reacting the second product with one or more butene products to produce a third product comprising propylene. | 06-28-2012 |
20120197053 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF LIQUID FUELS - A method of producing liquid fuels by providing an olefin feed containing at least one C2-C20 olefin, oligomerizing a part of the feed in the presence of a first catalyst to form a first product comprising oligomers of the at least one olefin, and oligomerizing a portion of the first product in the presence of a second catalyst to produce a second product. A system of producing liquid hydrocarbons, the system including a first reactor configured to provide a first product by oligomerizing, in the presence of a first catalyst, at least a portion of an olefin feed comprising at least one olefin, a separator configured to provide an unreacted olefin-reduced first product by separating unreacted olefin from the first product, and a second reactor configured to provide a second product by oligomerizing, in the presence of a second catalyst, at least a portion of the unreacted olefin-reduced first product. | 08-02-2012 |
20120310024 | Dealkylation Process - In a process for dealkylating a poly-alkylated aromatic compound, a feed comprising at least one poly-alkylated aromatic compound selected from polypropylbenzene, polybutylbenzene, and polycyclohexylbenzene is introduced into a reaction zone. The feed is then contacted in the reaction zone with an acid catalyst under conditions effective to dealkylate at least a portion of the poly-alkylated aromatic compound and produce a first reaction product comprising at least one mono-alkylated aromatic compound. | 12-06-2012 |
20130006027 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MONOCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS - A method for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number from a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of not more than 380° C., the method including: a cracking and reforming reaction step of obtaining a product containing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number from the feedstock oil, a refining and collection step of refining and collecting monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number that have been separated from the product, a hydrogenation reaction step of hydrogenating a heavy fraction of 9 or more carbon number separated from the product, and a recycling step of returning the heavy fraction hydrogenation reaction product obtained in the hydrogenation reaction step to the cracking and reforming reaction step. | 01-03-2013 |
20130046122 | DEBOTTLENECKING OF A STEAM CRACKER UNIT TO ENHANCE PROPYLENE PRODUCTION - The present invention is method for debottlenecking an existing steam cracker unit of which the operation is modified from high severity to low severity operation, having a cracking zone and a fractionation zone, said fractionation zone comprising a gasoline stripper, a de-methaniser (I), a de-ethaniser (I) a de-propaniser (I) and a de-butaniser (I), said de-propaniser (I) receiving product from the bottom of the de-ethaniser (I) and optionally product from the bottom of the gasoline stripper (I), wherein said debottlenecking method comprises the steps of:
| 02-21-2013 |
20130066121 | HYDROISOMERIZATION AND SELECTIVE HYDROGENATION OF FEEDSTOCK IN IONIC LIQUID-CATALYZED ALKYLATION - A process for producing alkylate comprising contacting a first hydrocarbon stream comprising at least one olefin having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms which contains 1,3-butadiene and 1-butene with a hydroisomerization catalyst in the presence of hydrogen under conditions favoring the simultaneous selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene to butenes and the isomerization of 1-butene to 2-butene and contacting the resulting stream and a second hydrocarbon stream comprising at least one isoparaffin having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms with an acidic ionic liquid catalyst under alkylation conditions to produce an alkylate is disclosed. | 03-14-2013 |
20130072732 | METHOD OF SEPARATING BUTENE-2 FROM A C4 CUT CONTAINING BUTENE-2 AND BUTENE-1 BY SELECTIVE OLIGOMERIZATION OF BUTENE-1 - The present invention describes a method of separating butene-2 from a C4 cut containing butene-2 and butene-1 by selective oligomerization of butene-1 to predominantly linear oligomers. Optional additional steps make it possible to separate isobutene, 1,3-butadiene as well as traces of acetylene hydrocarbons optionally present in the C4 feedstock. | 03-21-2013 |
20130131409 | Hydrocarbon Conversion Process - The invention relates to processes for converting hydrocarbons to olefins products such as ethylene and propylene. The invention also relates to polymerizing the olefins, and to equipment useful for these processes. | 05-23-2013 |
20130144096 | PROCESS FOR THE CONVERSION OF NATURAL GAS TO ACETYLENE AND LIQUID FUELS WITH EXTERNALLY DERIVED HYDROGEN - A process for converting natural gas from which contaminants have been sufficiently removed to acetylene includes heating the purified gas through a selected range of temperature for adequate time or combustion of the purified gas at adequate temperature within a suitable environment during an adequate reaction time to convert a fraction of the gas stream to acetylene, wherein the acetylene is directed for other processes, reactions, and uses. A process for converting natural gas to liquid hydrocarbons by combusting externally derived hydrogen for heating natural gas to a selected range of temperature. A process for converting natural gas to liquid hydrocarbons by reacting conversion products with externally derived hydrogen to form olefins comprising ethylene, and catalytically forming liquid hydrocarbons from the olefins comprising ethylene. | 06-06-2013 |
20130150638 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A HYDROCARBON COMPONENT - The invention relates to a process for producing a new type of high-quality hydrocarbon base oil of biological origin. The process of the invention comprises ketonisation, hydrodeoxygenation, and isomerization steps. Fatty acids and/or fatty acid esters based on a biological raw material are preferably used as the feedstock. | 06-13-2013 |
20130158310 | INTEGRATED HYDROGENATION/DEHYDROGENATION REACTOR IN A CATALYTIC REFORMING PROCESS CONFIGURATION FOR IMPROVED AROMATICS PRODUCTION - A process for reforming hydrocarbons is presented. The process involves applying process controls over the reaction temperatures to preferentially convert a portion of the hydrocarbon stream to generate an intermediate stream, which will further react with reduced endothermicity. The intermediate stream is then processed at a higher temperature, where a second reforming reactor is operated under substantially isothermal conditions. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158311 | INTEGRATED HYDROGENATION/DEHYDROGENATION REACTOR IN A PLATFORMING PROCESS - A process for reforming a hydrocarbon stream is presented. The process involves splitting a naphtha feedstream to at least two feedstreams and partially processing each feedstream in separate reactors. The processing includes passing the light stream to a combination hydrogenation/dehydrogenation reactor. The process reduces the energy by reducing the endothermic properties of intermediate reformed process streams. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158312 | INTEGRATED HYDROGENATION/DEHYDROGENATION REACTOR IN A PLATFORMING PROCESS - A process for reforming a hydrocarbon stream is presented. The process involves splitting a naphtha feedstream to at least two feedstreams and partially processing each feedstream in separate reactors. The processing includes passing the light stream to a combination hydrogenation/dehydrogenation reactor. The process reduces the energy by reducing the endothermic properties of intermediate reformed process streams. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158313 | INTEGRATED HYDROGENATION/DEHYDROGENATION REACTOR IN A CATALYTIC REFORMING PROCESS CONFIGURATION FOR IMPROVED AROMATICS PRODUCTION - A process for reforming hydrocarbons is presented. The process involves applying process controls over the reaction temperatures to preferentially convert a portion of the hydrocarbon stream to generate an intermediate stream, which will further react with reduced endothermicity. The intermediate stream is then processed at a higher temperature, where a second reforming reactor is operated under substantially isothermal conditions. | 06-20-2013 |
20130165711 | PROCESS FOR SELECTIVE HYDROGENATION OF OLEFINIC FEEDSTOCKS WITH SWITCHABLE REACTORS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE STAGE FOR SHORT-CIRCUITING A REACTOR - This invention has as its object a process for selective hydrogenation of an unsaturated olefinic feedstock that comprises 3 or 4 carbon atoms, using at least two switchable fixed-bed reactors, each containing at least one catalytic bed and in which said feedstock successively passes through all of the reactors, and in which, each time that one of the reactors is deactivated, the point of introduction of the feedstock is moved downstream. | 06-27-2013 |
20130172639 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS - Provided is a method for producing aromatic hydrocarbons, by which a feedstock containing a hydrogenation-treated oil of a thermally cracked heavy oil obtainable from an ethylene production apparatus is brought into contact with a catalyst for monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon production containing a crystalline aluminosilicate, and thereby aromatic hydrocarbons are produced. A raw material having an end point of the distillation characteristics of 400° C. or lower is used as the feedstock. The contact between the feedstock and the catalyst for monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon production is carried out at a pressure of 0.1 MPaG to 1.5 MPaG. | 07-04-2013 |
20130197283 | INTEGRATED HYDROTREATING AND STEAM PYROLYSIS PROCESS INCLUDING RESIDUAL BYPASS FOR DIRECT PROCESSING OF A CRUDE OIL - A process is provided that is directed to a steam pyrolysis zone integrated with a hydroprocessing zone including residual bypass to permit direct processing of crude oil feedstocks to produce petrochemicals including olefins and aromatics. The integrated hydrotreating and steam pyrolysis process for the direct processing of a crude oil to produce olefinic and aromatic petrochemicals comprises separating the crude oil into light components and heavy components; charging the light components and hydrogen to a hydroprocessing zone operating under conditions effective to produce a hydroprocessed effluent reduced having a reduced content of contaminants, an increased paraffinicity, reduced Bureau of Mines Correlation Index, and an increased American Petroleum Institute gravity; thermally cracking the hydroprocessed effluent in the presence of steam to produce a mixed product stream; separating the mixed product stream; purifying hydrogen recovered from the mixed product stream and recycling it to the hydroprocessing zone ; recovering olefins and aromatics from the separated mixed product stream; and recovering a combined stream of pyrolysis fuel oil from the separated mixed product stream and heavy components from step (a) as a fuel oil blend. | 08-01-2013 |
20130197284 | INTEGRATED HYDROTREATING, SOLVENT DEASPHALTING AND STEAM PYROLYSIS PROCESS FOR DIRECT PROCESSING OF A CRUDE OIL - A process is provided that is directed to a steam pyrolysis zone integrated with a hydrotreating zone and a solvent deasphalting zone to permit direct processing of crude oil feedstocks to produce petrochemicals including olefins and aromatics. The integrated hydrotreating, solvent deasphalting and steam pyrolysis process comprises charging the crude oil to a hydroprocessing zone operating under conditions effective to produce a hydroprocessed effluent reduced having a reduced content of contaminants, an increased paraffinicity, reduced Bureau of Mines Correlation Index, and an increased American Petroleum Institute gravity; charging the hydroprocessed effluent to a solvent deasphalting zone with an effective amount of solvent to produce a deasphalted and demetalized oil stream and a bottom asphalt phase; thermally cracking the deasphalted and demetalized oil stream in the presence of steam to produce a mixed product stream; separating the mixed product stream; purifying hydrogen recovered from the mixed product stream and recycling it to the hydroprocessing zone; recovering olefins and aromatics from the separated mixed product stream; and recovering pyrolysis fuel oil from the separated mixed product stream. | 08-01-2013 |
20130197285 | INTEGRATED HYDROTREATING AND STEAM PYROLYSIS PROCESS FOR DIRECT PROCESSING OF A CRUDE OIL - An integrated hydrotreating and steam pyrolysis process for the direct processing of a crude oil is provided to produce olefinic and aromatic petrochemicals. Crude oil and hydrogen are charged to a hydroprocessing zone operating under conditions effective to produce a hydroprocessed effluent reduced having a reduced content of contaminants, an increased paraffinicity, reduced Bureau of Mines Correlation Index, and an increased American Petroleum Institute gravity. Hydroprocessed effluent is thermally cracked in the presence of steam to produce a mixed product stream, which is separated. Hydrogen from the mixed product stream is purified and recycled to the hydroprocessing zone, and olefins and aromatics are recovered from the separated mixed product stream. | 08-01-2013 |
20130211161 | PROCESS FOR CONVERTING A HEAVY FEED USING A CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT AND A STEP FOR SELECTIVE HYDROGENATION OF THE GASOLINE OBTAINED FROM CATALYTIC CRACKING - The present invention describes a process for converting a heavy feed which is flexible for the production of propylene, gasoline and middle distillate. | 08-15-2013 |
20130217932 | Biorefinery for conversion of carbothdrates and lignocellulosics via primary hydrolysate cmf to liquid fuels - A method of making alkanes from lignocellulosic sources of C5 and C6 sugars. Suitable biomass feedstocks are converted into alkane-based fuels such as diesel and jet fuel blendstocks. Sugar monomers from the feedstocks are converted to chlormethylfurfural (CMF) with a levulinic acid (LA) byproduct. The CMF and LA are converted to ethyl levulinate (EL) and hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), which are then combined into longer chain molecules via aldol condensation reactions. The condensation products are partially or fully saturated by mild hydrotreating, followed by deoxygenation to form alkanes with boiling ranges suitable for use as liquid fuels. | 08-22-2013 |
20130267744 | THE METHOD FOR PRODUCING VALUABLE AROMATICS AND LIGHT PARAFFINS FROM HYDROCARBONACEOUS OILS DERIVED FROM OIL, COAL OR WOOD - This invention relates to a method of producing aromatics and light paraffins from hydrocarbonaceous oils derived from oil, coal or wood, including partially saturating and hydrocracking the oils derived from oil in a hydrogenation and reaction area, separating them depending on the number of carbons, recirculating heavy oils having 11 or more carbons to the hydrogenation and reaction area, feeding oils suitable for producing BTX to an aromatic separation process and a transalkylation process to recover aromatics, and feeding hydrocarbonaceous components having 5 or fewer carbons to a light separation process, thus obtaining light paraffins. | 10-10-2013 |
20130303811 | GAS TREATMENT PROCESS - The present invention relates to a process for treating a gas containing from 10 ppm by volume to 0.5 volume % of at least one of the compounds COS and CS | 11-14-2013 |
20130317267 | METHODS FOR CO-PRODUCTION OF ALKYLBENZENE AND BIOFUEL FROM NATURAL OILS USING HYDROCRACKING - Embodiments of methods for the production of linear alkylbenzene and optionally biofuel from a natural oil are provided. A method comprises the step of deoxygenating the natural oils to form paraffins. A first portion of the paraffins is hydrocracked to form a first stream of normal and lightly branched paraffins in the C | 11-28-2013 |
20130317268 | METHODS FOR CO-PRODUCTION OF ALKYLBENZENE AND BIOFUEL FROM NATURAL OILS - Embodiments of methods for production of linear alkylbenzene and optionally biofuel from natural oil are provided. Natural oils are deoxygenated to form a stream comprising paraffins. A first portion of the paraffins are dehydrogenated to provide mono-olefins. Then, benzene is alkylated with the mono-olefins under alkylation conditions to provide an alkylation effluent comprising alkylbenzenes and benzene. Thereafter, the alkylbenzenes are isolated to provide the alkylbenzene product. Optionally, a second portion of the paraffins may be processed to form biofuel. | 11-28-2013 |
20140018584 | MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT C5 HYDROGENATION PROCESS - A process for the conversion of linear pentenes to propylene is disclosed. The process may include feeding hydrogen and a C5-olefin containing stream comprising linear pentenes, dienes, acetylenes, and cyclopentene to a catalytic distillation reactor system. Concurrently in the catalytic distillation reactor system, the acetylenes and dienes may be hydrogenated and the C5-olefin containing stream may be fractionated, thereby recovering an overheads fraction comprising the linear pentenes, a side draw fraction comprising the cyclopentene, and a bottoms fraction. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the overheads fraction may then be fed to a metathesis reactor for converting the linear pentenes to propylene. | 01-16-2014 |
20140018585 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MONOCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS - A method for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons includes a step of introducing a feedstock oil into a cracking/reforming reactor, bringing the feedstock oil into contact with a catalyst, and causing the feedstock oil to react, a step of purifying and recovering the monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons separated from the product produced in the reaction step, a step of hydrogenating a heavy fraction separated from the product, and a recycling step of returning a hydrogenation reactant of the heavy fraction to the cracking/reforming reaction step. In the recycling step, the hydrogenation reactant is introduced at a location different from an introduction location of the feedstock oil into the reactor so that a time during which the hydrogenation reactant is in contact with the catalyst in the reactor becomes shorter than a time during which the feedstock oil is in contact with the catalyst in the reactor. | 01-16-2014 |
20140039231 | HYDROGEN RECYCLE AND HYDROGEN CLORIDE RECOVERY IN AN ALKYLATION PROCESS - We provide an alkylation process, comprising: separating and recycling a hydrogen gas and a hydrogen chloride from an offgas of a hydrogenation reactor; wherein the hydrogen gas is recycled to the hydrogenation reactor; and wherein the hydrogen chloride is recycled to an alkylation reactor. We also provide an alkylation process unit for performing this process. | 02-06-2014 |
20140058144 | PRODUCTION OF AROMATICS FROM A METHANE CONVERSION PROCESS - Methods and systems are provided for converting methane in a feed stream to acetylene. The hydrocarbon stream is introduced into a supersonic reactor and pyrolyzed to convert at least a portion of the methane to acetylene. The reactor effluent stream may be treated to convert acetylene to a process stream having aromatic compounds. The acetylene stream can be reacted to generate larger hydrocarbon compounds, which are passed to a cyclization and aromatization reactor to generate aromatics. The method according to certain aspects includes controlling the level of carbon oxides in the hydrocarbon stream. | 02-27-2014 |
20140058145 | PRODUCTION OF OLEFINS FROM A METHANE CONVERSION PROCESS - Methods and systems are provided for converting methane in a feed stream to acetylene. The method includes the further conversion of the acetylene to a hydrocarbon stream having olefins. The hydrocarbon stream is introduced into a supersonic reactor and pyrolyzed to convert at least a portion of the methane to acetylene. The reactor effluent stream is be treated to convert acetylene to another hydrocarbon, and in particular olefins. The method according to certain aspects includes controlling the level of contaminants in the hydrocarbon stream. | 02-27-2014 |
20140148625 | Processes Utilizing Solvent Extraction - Embodiments of an invention disclosed herein relate to processes utilizing solvent extraction to remove nitrogen containing compounds and optionally other components from feedstreams of olefins and paraffins. | 05-29-2014 |
20140163271 | Hydrocarbon Conversion Process - The invention relates to hydrocarbon conversion processes, e.g., to processes for producing acetylene from hydrocarbon and then hydrogenating at least a portion of the acetylene. The invention also relates to polymerizing one or more products derived from the acetylene saturation, and to equipment useful for these processes. | 06-12-2014 |
20140221709 | INTEGRATION OF RESIDUE HYDROCRACKING AND SOLVENT DEASPHALTING - A process for upgrading residuum hydrocarbons is disclosed. The process may include: contacting a residuum hydrocarbon fraction and hydrogen with a first hydroconversion catalyst in a first ebullated bed hydroconversion reactor system; recovering a first effluent from the first ebullated bed hydroconversion reactor system; solvent deasphalting a vacuum residuum fraction to produce a deasphalted oil fraction and an asphalt fraction; contacting the deasphalted oil fraction and hydrogen with a second hydroconversion catalyst in a second hydroconversion reactor system; recovering a second effluent from the second hydroconversion reactor system; and fractionating the first effluent from the first ebullated bed hydroconversion reactor system and the second effluent from the second hydroconversion reactor system to recover one or more hydrocarbon fractions and the vacuum residuum fraction in a common fractionation system. | 08-07-2014 |
20140243565 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BIOHYDROCARBONS - A process for producing biohydrocarbons, comprising the steps of | 08-28-2014 |
20140275669 | PRODUCTION OF LUBRICANT BASE OILS FROM DILUTE ETHYLENE FEEDS - Methods are provided for oligomerizing a dilute ethylene feed to form oligomers suitable for use as fuels and/or lubricant base oils. The fuels and/or lubricant base oils are formed by oligomerization of impure dilute ethylene with a zeolitic catalyst, where the zeolitic catalyst is resistant to the presence of poisons such as sulfur and nitrogen in the ethylene feed. The oligomers can also be formed in presence of diluents such as light paraffins. | 09-18-2014 |
20140275670 | PROCESS FOR LOW-HYDROGEN-CONSUMPTION CONVERSION OF RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS TO ALKANES - A process relating to the manufacture of hydrocarbons, particularly paraffins/alkanes, from fatty acid feedstocks. More specifically, a process relating to the manufacture of paraffins/alkanes from fatty acid feedstocks comprising an olefinic bond saturation followed by a deoxygenation process carried out using decarboxylation achieving a maximum feedstock conversion to a paraffin product while consuming a minimum amount of hydrogen. | 09-18-2014 |
20140275671 | METHOD OF PRODUCING AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AND OLEFIN FROM HYDROCARBONACEOUS OILS COMPRISING LARGE AMOUNTS OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS - This invention relates to a method of producing aromatic hydrocarbons and olefin from hydrocarbonaceous oils including large amounts of polycyclic aromatic compounds having two or more rings via partial hydrogenation in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst and catalytic cracking in the presence of a catalytic cracking catalyst. | 09-18-2014 |
20140288338 | METHODS OF UPGRADING BIOOIL TO TRANSPORTATION GRADE HYDROCARBON FUELS - The present invention relates to the field of biomass derived fuels. It further relates to thermochemical production of liquids (biooils) from biomass. Specifically the present invention relates to methods of upgrading biooil. More specifically it relates to a method for upgrading biooil comprising contacting a dispersed mixture of hydrocarbon liquids, biooil, and partially upgraded biooil, with a transition metal containing catalyst and hydrogen gas at a temperature of around 330° C. and a pressure of about 1700 psi (11.7 MPa) for a period of time sufficient to reduce the oxygen content of the biooil such that it separates on cooling into an aqueous phase and an organic phase, and optionally, to further subject the organic phase to hydrotreating, hydrocracking or catalytic cracking to produce a mixture of hydrocarbons boiling in the range of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. | 09-25-2014 |
20140303416 | Method and Apparatus for Converting Hydrocarbons Into Olefins - An apparatus and method are provided for processing hydrocarbon feeds. The method may pass a pyrolysis feed to a thermal pyrolysis reactor and expose at least a portion of the pyrolysis feed to high-severity operating conditions in a thermal pyrolysis reactor, wherein the thermal pyrolysis reactor is operated at operating conditions that include pressure≧36 psig and provide a reactor product that has a C | 10-09-2014 |
20140303417 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING JET FUEL FROM MOLECULES DERIVED FROM BIOMASS - The invention relates to a process for preparing jet fuel or jet fuel precursors which comprises the treatment of a charge derived from biomass, the said charge comprising at least one compound chosen from terpenes of formula [CH | 10-09-2014 |
20140323778 | CATALYTIC ADSORBENT FOR THE CAPTURE OF ARSENIC AND THE SELECTIVE HYDRODESULFURIZATION OF GASOLINES - A catalytic adsorbent, comprising at least cobalt and molybdenum deposited on a porous substrate in which the content of cobalt, expressed in terms of CoO oxide, is between 11 and 30% by weight relative to the total weight of said adsorbent and the content of molybdenum, expressed in terms of MoO | 10-30-2014 |
20140323779 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A CATALYST BASED ON TUNGSTEN FOR USE IN HYDROTREATMENT OR IN HYDROCRACKING - The invention concerns a process for the preparation of a catalyst based on tungsten intended for hydrotreatment or hydrocracking processes. | 10-30-2014 |
20140330058 | Iridium-Containing Catalysts, Their Production and Use - A process is described for producing a catalyst composition comprising an iridium component dispersed on a support. In the process, silica-containing support is treated with an iridium compound and an organic compound comprising an amino group to form an organic iridium complex on the support. The treated support is then heated in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature of about 325° C. to about 475° C. to partially decompose the organic metal complex on the support. The treated support is then heated in a reducing atmosphere at a temperature of about 350° C. to about 500° C. to convert the partially decomposed organic iridium complex into the desired iridium component. | 11-06-2014 |
20140336428 | RECYCLE GAS SCRUBBING USING IONIC LIQUIDS - A method of removing CO | 11-13-2014 |
20140371497 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCK AND APPARATUS RELATING THERETO - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for producing a chemical feedstock. The process can include passing a feed to a hydrotreatment zone, passing an effluent from the hydrotreatment zone to a fractionation zone, passing a stream including one or more C5-C25 hydrocarbons from the fractionation zone to a fluid catalytic cracking zone to obtain an another stream including one or more C6-C10 hydrocarbons, and passing the another stream to an adsorption zone for removing at least one heteroatom compound having a sulfur or a nitrogen atom. | 12-18-2014 |
20150057475 | BI-FUNCTIONAL CATALYST AND PROCESSES FOR CONVERSION OF BIOMASS TO FUEL-RANGE HYDROCARBONS - Processes and bi-functional catalysts are disclosed for hydrotreating bio-oils derived from biomass to produce bio-oils containing fuel range hydrocarbons suitable as feedstocks for production of bio-based fuels. | 02-26-2015 |
20150057476 | PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF DIESEL RANGE HYDROCARBONS - The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of diesel range hydrocarbons wherein a feed is hydrotreated in a hydrotreating step and isomerised in an isomerisation step, and a feed comprising fresh feed containing more than 5 wt % of free fatty acids and at least one diluting agent is hydrotreated at a reaction temperature of 200-400° C., in a hydrotreating reactor in the presence of catalyst, and the ratio of the diluting agent/fresh feed is 5-30:1. | 02-26-2015 |
20150073182 | PRODUCTION OF OLEFINS FROM A METHANE CONVERSION PROCESS - Methods and systems are provided for converting methane in a feed stream to acetylene. The method includes the further conversion of the acetylene to a hydrocarbon stream comprising C6 to C12 olefins. The hydrocarbon stream is introduced into a supersonic reactor and pyrolyzed to convert at least a portion of the methane to acetylene. The reactor effluent stream is treated to convert acetylene to another hydrocarbon, and in particular olefins. The method according to certain aspects includes controlling the level of contaminants in the hydrocarbon stream. | 03-12-2015 |
20150073183 | PRODUCTION OF OLEFINS FROM A METHANE CONVERSION PROCESS - Methods and systems are provided for converting methane in a feed stream to acetylene. The method includes the further conversion of the acetylene to a hydrocarbon stream having propylene. The hydrocarbon stream is introduced into a supersonic reactor and pyrolyzed to convert at least a portion of the methane to acetylene. The reactor effluent stream is treated to convert acetylene to another hydrocarbon, and in particular olefins. The method according to certain aspects includes controlling the level of contaminants in the hydrocarbon stream. | 03-12-2015 |
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20150322364 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A HYDROWAX - The invention provides a process for preparing a hydrowax comprising the steps of: (a) providing a hydrocarbonaceous feedstock which contains more than 4% by weight of hydrocarbons boiling in the range of from 550 to 800° C.; (b) hydrotreating the hydrocarbonaceous feedstock with a hydrotreating catalyst in the presence of a hydrogen-containing gas under hydrotreating conditions to obtain a hydrotreated product; (c) hydrocracking at least part of the hydrotreated product as obtained in step (b) with a hydrocracking catalyst in the presence of a hydrogen-containing gas under hydrocracking conditions to obtain a hydrocracked product, which hydrocracking catalyst contains a zeolitic component which is present in an amount of at least 14 wt %, based on the total weight of the hydrocracking catalyst, and wherein the volume ratio of the hydrotreating catalyst as used in step (b) and the hydrocracking catalyst is more than 1; and (d) recovering from the hydrocracked product as obtained in step (c) the hydrowax. | 11-12-2015 |
20150337212 | INTEGRATED GAS-TO-LIQUIDS CONDENSATE PROCESS - Provided is a process to prepare middle distillates products. The process includes providing and separating a feed stream into a natural gas feed stream and a condensate feed stream; preparing a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen from the natural gas stream; preparing a paraffin product stream by performing a Fischer-Tropsch reaction using carbon monoxide and hydrogen; separating the paraffin product stream to obtain heavy Fischer-Tropsch and light Fischer-Tropsch product streams; separating the light Fischer-Tropsch product to obtain first, second, and third paraffinic product fractions; subjecting the heavy Fischer-Tropsch product stream to a hydrocracking/hydroisomerization step to obtain an isomerised Fischer-Tropsch product stream; hydrotreating the condensate feed stream and the first product fraction to obtain a hydrotreated product stream; combining the isomerised Fischer-Tropsch product stream with the hydrotreated product stream to provide a distillate feed stream; and performing a distillation step on the distillate feed stream to isolate middle distillate products. | 11-26-2015 |
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20160108325 | PROCESS FOR HYDROTREATING A COKER KEROSENE STREAM TO PROVIDE A FEED STREAM FOR A PARAFFIN SEPARATION ZONE - A process for hydrotreating a coker kerosene feed stream to produce a feed stream for a paraffin separation zone. An effluent stream from a hydrotreating zone is passed to an aromatic separation zone to remove aromatics from the effluent stream form the hydrotreating zone and provide an aromatic lean stream. The aromatic lean stream may be passed to the paraffin separation zone to separate normal paraffins from non-normal paraffins. The separated aromatics can be passed to an aromatic processing zone to, for example, to produce xylene or other desirable aromatic hydrocarbons. | 04-21-2016 |