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20090137854 | Integration of molecular redistribution and hydroisomerization processes for the production of paraffinic base oil - The process as described herein produces a moderately aromatic isoparaffinic base oil from a distillate range product. This process comprises: (a) providing a distillate range paraffin feed comprising paraffins and cycloparaffins; (b) mildly reforming the distillate range paraffin feed to convert at least a portion of the cycloparaffins to alkylaromatics and provide a mildly reformed distillate range stream; (c) treating a stream comprising the mildly reformed distillate range stream in a molecular redistribution reactor to provide a distributed stream; (d) dewaxing at least a portion of the distributed stream to provide a dewaxed stream; (e) combining at least a portion of the dewaxed stream with the stream to be processed in the molecular redistribution reactor to provide the distributed stream; and (f) isolating a moderately aromatic isoparaffinic base oil from the dewaxed stream. According to another aspect, the process generates low ring content isoparaffinic base oil by hydrotreating the moderately aromatic isoparaffinic base oil. | 05-28-2009 |
20100234654 | Process for making saturated hydrocarbons and the use thereof - Provided are processes for making one or more unsaturated oligomeric acids and one or more saturated hydrocarbons. In one form, a process for making one or more saturated hydrocarbons includes oligomerizing one or more unsaturated carboxylic acids having from 4 to 38 carbon atoms in the presence of a molecular sieve catalyst to form one or more unsaturated oligomeric acids including less than 90% by weight of cyclic oligomers, and hydrogenating the one or more unsaturated oligomeric acids via contact with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to form one or more saturated hydrocarbons. The oligomerizing of unsaturated fatty acids is from renewable biological sources to form dimer acids. The one or more saturated hydrocarbons are useful as lubricant base oils. | 09-16-2010 |
20100305373 | PROCESS FOR OBTENTION OF HIGHLY-LINEAL, ADJUSTABLE-ISOMERY MONOALKYLATED AROMATIC COMPOUNDS - The present invention refers to a procedure for obtaining a linear monoalkylaromatic compound, with adjustable 2-phenyl isomer content and an extremely low sulphonation color, in which a catalytic system is used based on highly stable and active solid catalysts and with a high selectivity for linear monoalkylaromatic compounds. | 12-02-2010 |
20100305374 | Production Of Aromatics From Methane - In a process for converting methane to aromatic hydrocarbons, a feed containing methane is supplied to one or more reaction zone(s) containing catalytic material operating under reaction conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the methane to aromatic hydrocarbons; the reaction zone(s) being operated with an inverse temperature profile. | 12-02-2010 |
20100312029 | CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR OXYGEN-FREE CONVERSION OF METHANE - A method for dehydroaromatizing methane by contacting a feedstream that contains methane, in a circulating fluid bed reactor/regenerator, with a catalyst and under conditions sufficient to dehydroaromatize methane and produce at least one liquid aromatic compound such as benzene, toluene or naphthalene and hydrogenated products such as cyclohexane and decahydronaphthalene. The method may also be used to produce hydrogen. The feedstream may be a natural gas feedstock. The method may include one step and two step catalyst regeneration. | 12-09-2010 |
20100317905 | Use of Methanol in the Production of Hydrogen and Fuel, Processes and Plants for the Production of Hydrogen and Fuel - The invention relates to the use of biomethanol from the pulp industry in the production of biohydrogen. The preferred biomethanol comprises purified biomethanol derived from black liquor. The invention also relates to a process for the production of biohydrogen from crude biomethanol recovered from black liquor and to a process for producing hydrocarbon biofuel using such biohydrogen as a hydrogen source. The invention further relates to a biofuel production facility for producing fuel from biohydrogen and biohydrocarbon, and to biofuel so produced. The invention makes it possible to produce a biofuel, wherein 100% of the raw material stems from non-fossil sources. | 12-16-2010 |
20110118516 | Use of Olefin Cracking to Produce Alkylate - A process for producing a feedstock for gasolines having very little aromatic concentrations is disclosed. The present process uses by-product olefins and alkanes to produce an alkylate for use in gasoline blending. | 05-19-2011 |
20110130600 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CYCLOOLEFIN AND PRODUCTION APPARATUS THEREOF - There is provided a method for producing cycloolefin where the nickel which elutes in the liquid-contact portion of the reactor is removed from the reaction system of the partial hydrogenation reaction and cycloolefin can be stably produced from a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon over a long term. A method for producing a cycloolefin by a partial hydrogenation reaction of a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in an aqueous phase, which contains a metal salt-containing acidic aqueous solution and a ruthenium catalyst in a reactor with a liquid-contact portion formed of a nickel-containing material, the method comprising a first step of bringing at least a part of the ruthenium catalyst contained in the aqueous phase into contact with oxygen, a second step of separating the aqueous phase containing the ruthenium catalyst that has been processed in the first step into a first phase containing the ruthenium catalyst at a high ratio and a second phase containing the ruthenium catalyst at a lower ratio than the first phase, and a third step of feeding the first phase to a reaction system of a partial hydrogenation reaction. | 06-02-2011 |
20110137092 | Aromatization Catalyst Comprising Prolongated Silica and Methods of Making and Using Same - A prolongated silica bound zeolite support comprising from about 85 wt % to about 95 wt % zeolite. A catalyst composition comprising a prolongated silica bound zeolite supporting at least one Group VIII metal and at least one halide. A process of making a prolongated silica bound zeolite support comprising mixing a zeolite, a prolongated silica, and water to form a mixture, and shaping the mixture into the prolongated silica bound zeolite support. A process of making a prolongated silica bound zeolite catalyst comprising mixing a zeolite, a prolongated silica, and water to form a mixture, shaping the mixture into a prolongated silica bound zeolite support, and adding one or more catalytic compounds to the prolongated silica bound zeolite support to form the prolongated silica bound zeolite catalyst. A process for converting hydrocarbons to aromatics comprising: contacting a prolongated silica bound zeolite catalyst comprising at least one Group VIII metal and at least one halide with a hydrocarbon feed in a reaction zone under aromatization conditions; recovering an aromatic product from the reaction zone; and purifying the aromatic product to produce benzene, toluene, paraxylene, orthoxylene, metaxylene, or combinations thereof. | 06-09-2011 |
20110172475 | INTEGRATED METHODS OF PREPARING RENEWABLE CHEMICALS - Isobutene, isoprene, and butadiene are obtained from mixtures of C | 07-14-2011 |
20110263916 | CARBOHYDRATES UPGRADING AND HYDROTREATING TO HYDROCARBONS - Technologies to convert biomass to liquid hydrocarbon fuels are currently being developed to decrease our carbon footprint and increase use of renewable fuels. Since sugars/sugar derivatives from biomass have high oxygen content and low hydrogen content, coke becomes an issue during zeolite upgrading to liquid hydrocarbon fuels. A process was designed to reduce the coke by co-feeding sugars/sugar derivatives with a saturated recycle stream containing hydrogenated products. | 10-27-2011 |
20110282117 | PRODUCTION OF JET AND OTHER HEAVY FUELS FROM ISOBUTANOL - A process for the production of jet and other heavy fuels, the process including: contacting at least one C3 to C5 isoalkanol with a first catalyst to convert at least a portion of the isoalkanol to isoalkene, isoalkene dimers, and water; contacting at least a portion of the isoalkene dimers with a second catalyst to convert at least a portion of the isoalkene dimers to isoalkene trimers; hydrotreating the isoalkene trimers to form isoalkanes useful as a jet fuel, kerosene, or other heavy fuels. | 11-17-2011 |
20110282118 | METHOD FOR MAKING DIESEL WITH LOW POLYAROMATIC CONTENT - Distillate feeds are hydroprocessed to produce a product having a low content of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The hydroprocessing includes dewaxing and aromatic saturation of the feed. The temperature of the aromatic saturation process can be controlled to make a distillate product having a desired aromatic content, such as less the 0.02 wt % of polyaromatic hydrocarbons having three or more aromatic rings. | 11-17-2011 |
20110295046 | Method Of Converting Ethanol To Base Stock For Diesel Fuel - A method of converting ethanol to a diesel fuel base stock comprises:
| 12-01-2011 |
20120046507 | Selective CO Oxidation For Acetylene Converter Feed CO Control - A system and process for acetylene selective hydrogenation of an ethylene rich gas stream. An ethylene rich gas supply comprising at least H | 02-23-2012 |
20120108865 | WATER GAS SHIFT FOR ACETYLENE CONVERTER FEED CO CONTROL - A process and apparatus are presented for the removal of carbon monoxide from ethylene streams. The removal of carbon monoxide before selective hydrogenation protects the catalyst in the selective hydrogenation reactor. Carbon monoxide levels are controlled with the water gas shift process to convert the carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide, with the carbon dioxide removed in an acid gas removal process. | 05-03-2012 |
20120316372 | PRODUCTION OF LIQUID FUELS (SYLVAN-LIQUID-FUELS) FROM 2-METHYLFURAN - The present invention describes a procedure for the production of liquid fuel having a content high in alkanes and low in oxygenated compounds, comprising as a minimum: —a first step of alkylation of 2-methylfuran (commonly denominated Sylvan) with a furan alcohol 2 having the formula: (2), wherein R | 12-13-2012 |
20130085310 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AND AROMATIC HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION PLANT - A method for producing aromatic hydrocarbons, the method including: (a) bringing a feedstock oil such as an LCO into contact with an aromatic production catalyst to obtain a reaction product containing aromatic hydrocarbons, (b) separating the reaction product into a tower top fraction and a tower bottom fraction using a distillation tower, (c) separating the tower top fraction into a crude aromatic fraction containing an LPG fraction, and an off-gas containing hydrogen, (d) separating the crude aromatic fraction containing an LPG fraction into an LPG fraction and a crude aromatic fraction, (e) separating the off-gas containing hydrogen into hydrogen and an off-gas, and (f) using the hydrogen obtained in step (e) to hydrotreat the crude aromatic fraction, thereby obtaining an aromatic fraction. | 04-04-2013 |
20130116489 | Separating styrene from C6 - C8 aromatic hydrocarbons - The invention disclosed relates to a process for refining a hydrocarbon feed to make substantially styrene-free C6-C8 aromatic hydrocarbons (BTX). The hydrocarbon feed, for example, unhydrotreated pyrolysis gasoline, is distilled to make a BTX rich stream containing styrene which is fractionated to separate C6 and C7 hydrocarbons from C8 hydrocarbons including styrene. Styrene in the C8 hydrocarbons reacts in the presence of a selective etherification catalyst with a C1-C3 lower alkyl alcohol to form the corresponding styrene ether, which is then separated by distillation into a styrene ether stream and a C8 hydrocarbons rich stream. The C8 hydrocarbons rich stream is then re-mixed with the C6 and C7 hydrocarbons, and sent to hydrogenation reactors to remove sulphur and olefinic hydrocarbons to form substantially styrene-free BTX. | 05-09-2013 |
20130144097 | Aromatics Production Process and Apparatus - In a process for producing para-xylene, a naphtha feed is reformed under conditions effective to convert at least 50 wt % of the naphthenes in the naphtha feed to aromatics, but to convert no more than 25 wt % of the paraffins in the naphtha feed, and thereby produce a reforming effluent. A first stream containing benzene and/or toluene is removed from the reforming effluent and is fed to a xylene production unit under conditions effective to convert benzene and/or toluene to xylenes. In addition, a second stream containing C8 aromatics is removed from the reforming effluent and is fed, together with at least part of the xylenes produced in the xylene production unit, to a para-xylene recovery unit to recover a para-xylene product stream and leave a para-xylene-depleted C8 stream. At least part of para-xylene-depleted C8 stream is then fed to a xylene isomerization unit effective to isomerize xylenes in para-xylene-depleted stream back towards an equilibrium mixture of xylenes and thereby produce an isomerization effluent. The isomerization effluent is then recycled to the para-xylene extraction unit. | 06-06-2013 |
20130158315 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING BIOMASS INTO LIQUID FUEL - The invention relates to a method for producing liquid fuel having a high alkane content and a low oxygenized compound content, said method comprising at least: a first step of treating 2-methylfurane with a catalyst and water in reaction conditions in order to form a mixture of products with at least ten carbon atoms; and a second step of catalytic hydrogenation and dehydration of the product or the mixture obtained in step 1, using suitable hydrogenation and dehydration catalysts. | 06-20-2013 |
20130204055 | Selective Hydrogenation of Alkynyl-Containing Compounds and Polyunsaturated Compounds - A selective hydrogenation process that is particularly effective in selectively hydrogenating alkynl compounds, such as acetylene or methyl acetylene, over alkenyl compounds, such as ethylene, is described. The process utilizes a slurry conversion unit for heat efficiency purposes during the conversion of acetylene into ethylene. | 08-08-2013 |
20130217933 | PROCESSES AND HYDROCARBON PROCESSING APPARATUSES FOR PREPARING MONO-OLEFINS - Processes and hydrocarbon processing apparatuses for preparing mono-olefins are provided. An exemplary process includes separating a hydrocarbon feed into a first fraction of carbon-containing compounds having less than or equal to 5 carbon atoms and a second fraction of compounds that have a lower vapor pressure than those in the first fraction. Dienes and/or acetylenes from the first fraction are selectively hydrogenated into corresponding mono-olefins. Paraffins from the first fraction are converted into corresponding mono-olefins. The converted mono-olefins are contact cooled with an impurity-containing liquid hydrocarbon stream, with the impurities in the impurity-containing liquid hydrocarbon stream having a lower vapor pressure than compounds in the first fraction. The dienes and/or acetylenes from the first fraction are selectively hydrogenated prior to converting the paraffins from the first fraction into mono-olefins and after separating the first fraction from the hydrocarbon feed. | 08-22-2013 |
20130225885 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING RENEWABLE FUELS - According to the present invention, organic material is converted to a combustible fluid feedstock comprising methane. A fuel production facility utilizes or arranges to utilize combustible fluid feedstock to generate renewable hydrogen that is used to hydrogenate crude oil derived hydrocarbons in a process to make liquid transportation or heating fuel. The renewable hydrogen is combined with crude oil derived hydrocarbons under conditions to hydrogenate the hydrocarbons with the renewable hydrogen. | 08-29-2013 |
20140058149 | HIGH EFFICIENCY PROCESSES FOR OLEFINS, ALKYNES, AND HYDROGEN CO-PRODUCTION FROM LIGHT HYDROCARBONS SUCH AS METHANE - High efficiency processes for producing olefins, alkynes, and hydrogen co-production from light hydrocarbons are disclosed. In one version, the method includes the steps of combusting hydrogen and oxygen in a combustion zone of a pyrolytic reactor to create a combustion gas stream, transitioning a velocity of the combustion gas stream from subsonic to supersonic in an expansion zone of the pyrolytic reactor, injecting a light hydrocarbon into the supersonic combustion gas stream to create a mixed stream including the light hydrocarbon, transitioning the velocity of the mixed stream from supersonic to subsonic in a reaction zone of the pyrolytic reactor to produce acetylene, and catalytically hydrogenating the acetylene in a hydrogenation zone to produce ethylene. In certain embodiments, the carbon efficiency is improved using methanation techniques. | 02-27-2014 |
20140100398 | PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR OBTAINING AROMATICS FROM CATALYTIC CRACKING HYDROCARBONS - Methods and processes for producing paraxylene from catalytic cracking hydrocarbons, particularly C | 04-10-2014 |
20140114101 | CONVERSION OF ALCOHOLS TO DISTILLATE FUELS - A process for the production of jet and other heavy fuels from alcohols and mixture of alcohols is disclosed. The process may include contacting in a reaction zone at least one C2 to C11 alcohol with a solid catalyst having activity for the simultaneous dehydration of the alcohols to form olefins, isomerization of the olefins to form internal olefins, and oligomerization of the olefins produced in situ via the dehydration reaction to form an effluent comprising mono-olefinic hydrocarbons. Preferably, the alcohol feed is a mixture of alcohols, such as C2 to C7 alcohols or C4 and C6 alcohols, enabling the production of a mixture of branched hydrocarbons that may be used directly as a jet fuel without blending. | 04-24-2014 |
20140163272 | CONVERSION OF TRIACYLGLYCERIDES-CONTAINING OILS TO HYDROCARBONS - A process for converting triacylglycerides-containing oils into crude oil precursors and/or distillate hydrocarbon fuels is disclosed. The process may include: reacting a triacylglycerides-containing oil-water-hydrogen mixture at a temperature in the range from about 250° C. to about 525° C. and a pressure greater than about 75 bar to convert at least a portion of the triacylglycerides and recovering a reaction effluent comprising water and one or more of isoolefins, isoparaffins, cycloolefins, cycloparaffins, and aromatics; hydrotreating the reaction effluent to form a hydrotreated effluent. | 06-12-2014 |
20140206915 | PARAFFINIC JET AND DIESEL FUELS AND BASE OILS FROM VEGETABLE OILS VIA A COMBINATION OF HYDROTREATING, PARAFFIN DISPROPORTIONATION AND HYDROISOMERIZATION - The present invention relates to a new process which comprises the steps of hydrotreating, paraffin disproportionation and hydroisomerization to convert biological hydrocarbonaceous oxygenated oils comprising triglycerides into biologically-derived paraffinic jet/diesel fuels, solvents and base oils. A combination of conventional hydrogenation/dehydrogenation catalysts, such as Pt/Al | 07-24-2014 |
20140213835 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR ALKYLATING AND HYDROGENATING A LIGHT CYCLE OIL - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for alkylating and hydrogenating a light cycle oil. The process can include passing the light cycle oil, one or more C2-C6 alkenes, and hydrogen through a reaction vessel containing an alkylation zone and a hydrogenation zone. Generally, the hydrogen is at least partially comprised from a hydrocarbon product stream from a fluid catalytic cracking zone. | 07-31-2014 |
20140221710 | Selective Hydrogenation of Styrene to Ethylbenzene - A feedstream comprising paraxylene and styrene is contacted, in the presence of hydrogen, with a catalyst comprising at least one metal, selected from one or more metals selected from Groups 8-10. | 08-07-2014 |
20140221711 | System and Process for Converting Natural Gas Into Saturated, Cyclic Hydrocarbons - A system and process to make cyclic, saturated hydrocarbons from aromatic hydrocarbon intermediates from catalyzed nonoxidative dehydroaromatization (DHA) of methane. The system includes two reaction zones, one containing a dehydroaromatization catalyst and a second containing a hydrogenation catalyst. Methane reacts in the first reaction zone with the DHA catalyst resulting in aromatic hydrocarbons concomitantly produced with hydrogen gas. The hydrogen gas is removed and introduced to the second reaction zone with the aromatic hydrocarbon to reductively produce saturated, cyclic hydrocarbons. | 08-07-2014 |
20140296588 | PRODUCTION OF BUTADIENE AND MIXED ETHERS FROM AN OXYGENATE TO OLEFIN UNIT - A method of producing butene from an oxygenate-containing feedstock is described. The oxygenate-containing feedstock is converted to olefins and separated. The C | 10-02-2014 |
20140316177 | CATALYST FOR USE IN PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBONS - A modified catalyst is described which can be used as a dehydration/hydrogenation catalyst in a multistage catalyst system for the catalysed production of saturated hydrocarbons from carbon oxides and hydrogen. The modified catalyst comprises: an acidic substrate comprising an M1-zeolite or M1-silicoalumino phosphate (SAPO) catalyst, where M1 is a metal; and a modifier including a metal M2. M2 comprises an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal. In examples described the modifier includes a Group II metal, for example Ca. | 10-23-2014 |
20140343335 | System and Method for Reducing Fouling Rate In A Hydrogenation Reactor - Fouling rate inhibition for a hydrogenation reactor. A hydrocarbon hydrogenation method comprises passing a liquid feedstream through a magnetic field to separate magnetically susceptible particles, and introducing the magnetically lean stream into a fixed catalyst bed under hydrogenation conditions to saturate carbon-carbon double bonds in the hydrocarbon. Also, a hydrogenation reactor system comprises a magnetic conditioning zone, an inlet flow path to introduce a magnetically lean stream from the magnetic conditioning zone into a fixed catalyst bed and an outlet flow path from an outlet end of the catalyst bed to withdraw reactor effluent. | 11-20-2014 |
20140364664 | Process for producing styrene-, methylstyrene- and ethylbenzene-free C6-C9 aromatic hydrocarbon blends - Various substantially styrene-, methylstyrene- and ethylbenzene-free C6-C9 aromatic hydrocarbon blends are produced from a hydrocarbon feed stream containing C5-C9 aromatic hydrocarbons including styrene, methylstyrene and sulphur compounds by first separating the stream into a distillate containing C5-C7 hydrocarbons, and a bottoms fraction containing C8 and C9 hydrocarbons; and converting the styrene and methylstyrene to their corresponding ethers by reacting with a C1-C3 lower alcohol in the presence of a selective acidic etherification catalyst. The effluent may be sent to a gasoline pool for blending or the effluent is separated by distillation into an ether stream and either a C8 or a C8-C9 aromatic hydrocarbon rich stream. The C5-C7 distillate is hydrogenated. | 12-11-2014 |
20140378719 | Coupling of Light Alkanes to Liquid Fuels - A method can include reacting a stream including one or more C | 12-25-2014 |
20150011813 | CATALYTIC CONVERSION OF ALCOHOLS HAVING AT LEAST THREE CARBON ATOMS TO HYDROCARBON BLENDSTOCK - A method for producing a hydrocarbon blendstock, the method comprising contacting at least one saturated acyclic alcohol having at least three and up to ten carbon atoms with a metal-loaded zeolite catalyst at a temperature of at least 100° C. and up to 550° C., wherein the metal is a positively-charged metal ion, and the metal-loaded zeolite catalyst is catalytically active for converting the alcohol to the hydrocarbon blendstock, wherein the method directly produces a hydrocarbon blendstock having less than 1 vol % ethylene and at least 35 vol % of hydrocarbon compounds containing at least eight carbon atoms. | 01-08-2015 |
20150057478 | ZSM-22 ZEOLITE, HYDROISOMERIZATION CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROCARBON - A method for producing a hydroisomerization catalyst includes a first step of preparing a support precursor by heating a mixture containing an ion-exchanged zeolite and a binder, the ion-exchanged zeolite being prepared by ion-exchanging an organic template-containing zeolite which contains an organic template and has a one-dimensional pore structure including a 10-membered ring in a solution containing ammonium ions and/or protons, at a temperature of 250 to 350° C. under N | 02-26-2015 |
20150065765 | PROCESS FOR PURIFYING A HYDROCARBON FEED - A process for purifying a hydrocarbon feed, using a first adsorption unit with first and second adsorption columns respectively filled with first and second adsorbent solids by simultaneously:
| 03-05-2015 |
20150073184 | Controllability Oxidative Dehydrogenation Process for Producing Butadiene - Butadiene is made from a butene rich feed, passing a superheated butene rich feed including superheated steam and oxygen at a temperature of at least about 343° C. (650° F.) over a catalyst bed having a depth of over about 69 cm (27 inches) of granules of ferritic oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst. Inlet conditions being controlled such that the oxidative dehydrogenation reactions initially occur in the lower most layers of catalyst. Process control includes monitoring the temperature throughout the bed and increasing the inlet temperature in response to a drop in the temperature in the active layer, when the active layer of oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst begins to become deactivated so that the reaction zone moves upwardly in the oxidative dehydrogenation bed. | 03-12-2015 |
20150094505 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LUBRICANT BASE OIL - A method for producing a lubricant base oil that has a predetermined boiling point range, the method including a first step of bringing a feedstock containing a first hydrocarbon oil having a boiling point in the above boiling point range and a second hydrocarbon oil having a lower boiling point than the boiling point range into contact with a hydroisomerization catalyst, wherein the catalyst contains a support that includes a zeolite having a one-dimensional porous structure including a 10-membered ring and a binder, and platinum and/or palladium supported on the support. | 04-02-2015 |
20150291891 | A METHOD OF OBTAINING PARAFFINIC HYDROCARBONS FROM NATURAL FAT - A method of obtaining paraffinic hydrocarbons from fat, by an exemplary method, whereby the method is performed in two stages, in a coupled flow-type system, under atmospheric pressure conditions, in the presence of heterogeneous catalysts, after their thermal activation, so that in Stage I the fat and/or waste fat is heated at a temperature range of 100-500° C., in the presence of an inert gas, in the presence of a catalyst in the form of a metal oxide on an oxide support or in the form of a mixture of at least two metal oxides on an oxide support. The product obtained in Stage I is treated, in the presence of an inert gas, at a temperature range of 100-500° C., in the presence of a metallic catalyst on an oxide support, with hydrogen gas or with a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, obtained in the selective decomposition of methanol. | 10-15-2015 |
20150322365 | METHOD OF UPGRADING LOW-VALUE LINEAR ALPHA-OLEFINS OF C18 OR MORE - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing high-quality lube base oil, by converting a low-value linear alpha-olefin having a C18 or more hydrocarbon chain into a linear internal-olefin having a controlled double bond position distribution and then oligomerizing the linear internal-olefin. | 11-12-2015 |
20150329788 | CONVERSION OF TRIACYLGLYCERIDES-CONTAINING OILS TO JET FUEL RANGE HYDROCARBONS - A process for converting triacylglycerides-containing oils into crude oil precursors and/or distillate hydrocarbon fuels is disclosed. The process may include: reacting a triacylglycerides-containing oil-water-diatomic hydrogen mixture at a temperature in the range from about 250° C. to about 560° C. and a pressure greater than about 75 bar to convert at least a portion of the triacylglycerides and recovering a reaction effluent comprising water and one or more of isoolefins, isoparaffins, cycloolefins, cycloparaffins, and aromatics; and hydrotreating the reaction effluent to form a hydrotreated effluent. | 11-19-2015 |
20150337216 | PROCESS FOR CONVERTING ONE OR MORE C3-C12 OXYGENATES - A process for converting one or more C3-C12 oxygenates comprising: | 11-26-2015 |
20150337217 | A PROCESS FOR CONVERTING ONE OR MORE C3-C12 OXYGENATES - A process for converting one or more C3-C12 oxygenates comprising oxygenates comprising: contacting a feed, which feed comprises one or more C3-C12 oxygenates, with hydrogen at a hydrogen partial pressure of more than 1.0 Mega Pascal in the presence of a sulphided carbon-carbon coupling catalyst; wherein the carbon-carbon coupling catalyst comprises equal to or more than 60 wt % of a zeolite and in the range from equal to or more than 0.1 wt % to equal to or less than 10 wt % of a hydrogenation metal, based on the total weight of the carbon-carbon coupling catalyst; and wherein the zeolite comprises 10-membered and/or 12-membered ring channels and a Silica to Alumina molar Ratio (SAR) in the range from equal to or more than 10 to equal to or less than 300. | 11-26-2015 |
20150368537 | METHOD OF PREPARING DRILLING FLUID AND LUBE BASE OIL USING BIOMASS-DERIVED FATTY ACID - Disclosed is a method of preparing a drilling fluid and lube base oil using biomass-derived fatty acid, including hydrogenating a fatty acid mixture derived from fat of biological origin so as to be converted into a fatty alcohol mixture, which is then dehydrated to give a C16 and C18 linear internal olefin mixture, which is then oligomerized to give olefinic lube base oil, followed by hydrofinishing to remove the olefin, yielding high-quality lube base oil (e.g. Group III or higher lube base oil). The C16 and C18 linear internal olefin mixture, which is a reaction intermediate, can be utilized as a high-quality drilling fluid. | 12-24-2015 |
20150376080 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR PRODUCING OLEFINS FROM OXYGENATES - A process for producing olefins from oxygenates comprises the following steps:
| 12-31-2015 |
20160017239 | CONVERSION OF TRIACYLGLYCERIDES-CONTAINING OILS TO HYDROCARBONS - A process for converting triacylglycerides-containing oils into crude oil precursors and/or distillate hydrocarbon fuels is disclosed. The process may include: reacting a triacylglycerides-containing oil-water-hydrogen mixture at a temperature in the range from about 250° C. to about 525° C. and a pressure greater than about 75 bar to convert at least a portion of the triacylglycerides and recovering a reaction effluent comprising water and one or more of isoolefins, isoparaffins, cycloolefins, cycloparaffins, and aromatics; hydrotreating the reaction effluent to form a hydrotreated effluent. | 01-21-2016 |
20160031771 | MFI Aluminosilicate Molecular Sieves and Methods for Using Same for Xylene Isomerization - MFI aluminosilicate molecular sieve catalysts are prepared from tetra-functional orthosilicates [e.g., Si(OR | 02-04-2016 |
20160032195 | CATALYTIC CONVERSION OF ALCOHOLS HAVING AT LEAST THREE CARBON ATOMS TO HYDROCARBON BLENDSTOCK - A method for producing a hydrocarbon blendstock, the method comprising contacting at least one saturated acyclic alcohol having at least three and up to ten carbon atoms with a metal-loaded zeolite catalyst at a temperature of at least 100° C. and up to 550° C., wherein the metal is a positively-charged metal ion, and the metal-loaded zeolite catalyst is catalytically active for converting the alcohol to the hydrocarbon blendstock, wherein the method directly produces a hydrocarbon blendstock having less than 1 vol % ethylene and at least 35 vol % of hydrocarbon compounds containing at least eight carbon atoms. | 02-04-2016 |
20160060186 | CONVERSION OF POLYESTER-CONTAINING FEEDSTOCKS INTO HYDROCARBON PRODUCTS - Provided herein are methods of processing polyester-containing feedstocks to provide hydrocarbon products. Exemplary feedstocks include those containing estolide compounds, which may be processed under thermal and/or catalytic conditions to provide at least one hydrocarbon product. | 03-03-2016 |
20160145169 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR PRODUCING OLEFINS FROM OXYGENATES - A process for producing olefins from oxygenates includes the following steps:
| 05-26-2016 |
20160152528 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACETYLENE (C2H2) OR ETHYLENE (C2H4) PRODUCTION | 06-02-2016 |