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20090261018 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSFER OF A METAL CATALYST COMPONENT FROM ONE PARTICLE TO ANOTHER - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for facilitating a transfer of a metal catalyst component from at least one donor particle to at least one recipient particle in a catalytic naphtha reforming unit. The process can include transferring an effective amount of the metal catalyst component from the at least one donor particle to the at least one recipient particle under conditions to effect such transfer to improve a conversion of a hydrocarbon feed. | 10-22-2009 |
20100018899 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A REFORMATE BY INTRODUCING ISOPENTANE - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for producing a reformate by combining a stream having an effective amount of isopentane and a stream having an effective amount of naphtha for reforming. Generally, the naphtha has not less than about 95%, by weight, of one or more compounds having a boiling point of about 38—about 260° C. as determined by ASTM D86-07. The process may include introducing the combined stream to a reforming reaction zone. The combined stream can have an isopentane:naphtha mass ratio of about 0.10:1.00—about 1.00:1.00. | 01-28-2010 |
20100018900 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A REFORMATE BY INTRODUCING n-BUTANE - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for producing a reformate by combining a stream having an effective amount of n-butane and a stream having an effective amount of naphtha for reforming. Generally, the naphtha has not less than about 95%, by weight, of one or more compounds having a boiling point of about 38—about 260° C. as determined by ASTM D86-07. The process can include introducing the combined stream to a reforming reaction zone. Typically, the combined stream has an n-butane:naphtha mass ratio of about 0.10:1.00—about 1.00:1.00. | 01-28-2010 |
20100018901 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A REFORMATE BY INTRODUCING METHANE - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for producing a reformate by combining a stream having an effective amount of methane and a stream having an effective amount of naphtha for reforming. Generally, the naphtha includes not less than about 95%, by weight, of one or more compounds having a boiling point of about 38-about 260° C. as determined by ASTM D86-07. Moreover, the process can include introducing the combined stream to a reforming reaction zone. Generally, the combined stream has a methane:naphtha mass ratio of about 0.03:1.00-about 0.10:1.00. | 01-28-2010 |
20100018906 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR REMOVAL OF CARBON MONOXIDE - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for lowering an amount of carbon monoxide in a stream rich in hydrogen. The process can include passing the stream rich in hydrogen through a carbon monoxide removal zone to produce a product stream having no more than about 10 vppm carbon monoxide and communicating the product stream to a reduction zone receiving a catalyst comprising unreduced metal species. | 01-28-2010 |
20100116714 | Process and System for the Addition of Promoter Metal In Situ in a Catalytic Reforming Unit - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for facilitating adding a promoter metal to at least one catalyst particle in situ in a catalytic naphtha reforming unit. The process can include introducing a compound comprising the promoter metal to the catalyst naphtha reforming unit and adding an effective amount of the promoter metal from the compound comprising the promoter metal to the catalyst particle under conditions to effect such addition and improve a conversion of a hydrocarbon feed. | 05-13-2010 |
20100166622 | Apparatus and Process for Removal of Carbon Monoxide - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for lowering an amount of carbon monoxide in a stream rich in hydrogen. The process can include passing the stream rich in hydrogen through a carbon monoxide removal zone to produce a product stream having no more than about 10 vppm carbon monoxide and communicating the product stream to a reduction zone receiving a catalyst comprising unreduced metal species. | 07-01-2010 |
20110136655 | Process and System for the Transfer of a Metal Catalyst Component from One Particle to Another - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for facilitating a transfer of a metal catalyst component from at least one donor particle to at least one recipient particle in a catalytic naphtha reforming unit. The process can include transferring an effective amount of the metal catalyst component from the at least one donor particle to the at least one recipient particle under conditions to effect such transfer to improve a conversion of a hydrocarbon feed. | 06-09-2011 |
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 |
20110152589 | Adsorbing Polynuclear Aromatics From a Reforming Process Using Adsorbents Containing Iron - An 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 each vessel containing an activated carbon adsorbent. 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 adsorbent wherein the first activated carbon adsorbent comprises iron. | 06-23-2011 |
20120275974 | High Temperature Platformer - An apparatus for reforming a hydrocarbon stream is presented. The apparatus involves changing the design of reformers and associated equipment to allow for increasing the processing temperatures in the reformers and heaters. The reformers are operated under different conditions to utilize advantages in the equilibriums, but require modifications to prevent increasing thermal cracking and to prevent increases in coking. | 11-01-2012 |
20120277500 | High Temperature Platforming Process - A process for reforming a hydrocarbon stream is presented. The process involves increasing the processing temperatures in the reformers. The reformers are operated under different conditions to utilize advantages in the equilibriums, but require modifications to prevent increasing thermal cracking and to prevent increases in coking. The process utilizes a common catalyst, and common downstream processes for recovering the desired aromatic compounds generated. | 11-01-2012 |
20120277508 | PROCESS FOR INCREASING AROMATICS 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 |
20120277511 | High Temperature Platformer - A process for reforming a hydrocarbon stream is presented. The process involves increasing the processing temperatures in the reformers. The reformers are operated under different conditions to utilize advantages in the equilibriums, but require modifications to prevent increasing thermal cracking and to prevent increases in coking. The process utilizes a common catalyst, and common downstream processes for recovering the desired aromatic compounds generated. | 11-01-2012 |
20130158319 | COUNTER-CURRENT CATALYST FLOW WITH SPLIT FEED AND TWO REACTOR TRAIN PROCESSING - A process is presented for the increasing the yields of aromatics from reforming a hydrocarbon feedstream. The process includes splitting a naphtha feedstream into a light hydrocarbon stream, and a heavier stream having a relatively rich concentration of naphthenes. The heavy stream is reformed to convert the naphthenes to aromatics and the resulting product stream is further reformed with the light hydrocarbon stream to increase the aromatics yields. The process includes passing a catalyst stream in a counter-current flow relative to the hydrocarbon process stream. | 06-20-2013 |
20130256193 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR THE ADDITION OF PROMOTER METAL DURING OPERATION IN A CATALYTIC REFORMING UNIT - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for facilitating adding a promoter metal to at least one catalyst particle in situ in a catalytic naphtha reforming unit. The process can include introducing a compound comprising the promoter metal to the catalyst naphtha reforming unit and adding an effective amount of the promoter metal from the compound comprising the promoter metal to the catalyst particle under conditions to effect such addition and improve a conversion of a hydrocarbon feed. | 10-03-2013 |
20130256194 | REFORMING CATALYSTS WITH TUNED ACIDITY FOR MAXIMUM AROMATICS YIELD - One exemplary embodiment can be a catalyst for catalytic reforming of naphtha. The catalyst can have a noble metal including one or more of platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, and iridium, at least two alkali metals or at least two alkaline earth metals, or mixtures of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals and a support. | 10-03-2013 |
20130261363 | CATALYST FOR CONVERSION OF HYDROCARBONS - One embodiment is a catalyst for catalytic reforming of naphtha. The catalyst can have a noble metal including one or more of platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, and iridium, an alkali or alkaline-earth metal, a lanthanide-series metal, and a support. Generally, an average bulk density of the catalyst is about 0.300 to about 1.00 gram per cubic centimeter. The catalyst has a platinum content of less than about 0.375 wt %, a tin content of about 0.1 to about 2 wt %, a potassium content of about 100 to about 600 wppm, and a cerium content of about 0.1 to about 1 wt %. The lanthanide-series metal can be distributed at a concentration of the lanthanide-series metal in a 100 micron surface layer of the catalyst less than two times a concentration of the lanthanide-series metal at a central core of the catalyst. | 10-03-2013 |
20150045602 | PROCESS FOR PROMOTING DISPROPORTIONATION REACTIONS AND RING OPENING REACTIONS WITHIN AN ISOMERIZATION ZONE - A process for increasing disproportionation and ring opening reactions an isomerization zone which converts iso-paraffins to normal paraffins. In order to promote these reactions, the amount of C | 02-12-2015 |
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20100216630 | REFORMING CATALYST - In one embodiment, a reforming catalyst can include indium, tin, and a catalytically effective amount of a group VIII element for one or more reforming reactions. Typically, at least about 25%, by mole, of the indium is an In(3+) species based on the total moles of indium after exposure for about 30 minutes in an atmosphere including about 100% hydrogen, by mole, at a temperature of about 565° C. Usually, no more than about 25%, by mole, of the tin is a Sn(4+) species based on the total moles of tin after exposure for about 30 minutes in an atmosphere including about 100% hydrogen, by mole, at a temperature of about 565° C. | 08-26-2010 |
20130015103 | REFORMING CATALYST AND PROCESSAANM Lapinski; Mark PaulAACI AuroraAAST ILAACO USAAGP Lapinski; Mark Paul Aurora IL USAANM Barger; PaulAACI Arlington HeightsAAST ILAACO USAAGP Barger; Paul Arlington Heights IL US - One exemplary embodiment can be a catalyst for catalytic reforming of naphtha. The catalyst can have a noble metal including one or more of platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, and iridium, a lanthanide-series metal including one or more elements of atomic numbers 57-71 of the periodic table, and a support. Generally, an average bulk density of the catalyst is about 0.300-about 0.620 gram per cubic centimeter, and an atomic ratio of the lanthanide-series metal:noble metal is less than about 1.3:1. Moreover, the lanthanide-series metal can be distributed at a concentration of the lanthanide-series metal in a 100 micron surface layer of the catalyst less than about two times a concentration of the lanthanide-series metal at a central core of the catalyst. | 01-17-2013 |