Catalytic multi-stage process for hydroconversion and refining hydrocarbon feeds
Abstract
A multi-stage catalytic hydrogenation and hydroconversion process for heavy hydrocarbon feed materials such as coal, heavy petroleum fractions, and plastic waste materials. In the process, the feedstock is reacted in a first-stage, back-mixed catalytic reactor with a highly dispersed iron-based catalyst having a powder, gel or liquid form. The reactor effluent is pressure-reduced, vapors and light distillate fractions are removed overhead, and the heavier liquid fraction is fed to a second stage back-mixed catalytic reactor. The first and second stage catalytic reactors are operated at 700-850.degree. F. temperature, 1000-3500 psig hydrogen partial pressure and 20-80 lb./hr per ft.sup.3 reactor space velocity. The vapor and light distillates liquid fractions removed from both the first and second stage reactor effluent streams are combined and passed to an in-line, fixed-bed catalytic hydrotreater for heteroatom removal and for producing high quality naphtha and mid-distillate or a full-range distillate product. The remaining separator bottoms liquid fractions are distilled at successive atmospheric and vacuum pressures, low and intermediate-boiling hydrocarbon liquid products are withdrawn, and heavier distillate fractions are recycled and further upgraded to provide additional low-boiling hydrocarbon liquid products. This catalytic multistage hydrogenation process provides improved flexibility for hydroprocessing the various carbonaceous feedstocks and adjusting tomore »
- Inventors:
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- Yardley, PA
- Cranbury, NJ
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- HYDROCARBON RESEARCH INC
- OSTI Identifier:
- 873565
- Patent Number(s):
- 6190542
- Assignee:
- Hydrocarbon Technologies, Inc. (Lawrenceville, NJ)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
C - CHEMISTRY C10 - PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES C10G - CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC22-92PC92148
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- catalytic; multi-stage; process; hydroconversion; refining; hydrocarbon; feeds; hydrogenation; heavy; feed; materials; coal; petroleum; fractions; plastic; waste; feedstock; reacted; first-stage; back-mixed; reactor; highly; dispersed; iron-based; catalyst; powder; liquid; form; effluent; pressure-reduced; vapors; light; distillate; removed; overhead; heavier; fraction; fed; stage; reactors; operated; 700-850; degree; temperature; 1000-3500; psig; hydrogen; partial; pressure; 20-80; lb; space; velocity; vapor; distillates; streams; combined; passed; in-line; fixed-bed; hydrotreater; heteroatom; removal; producing; quality; naphtha; mid-distillate; full-range; product; remaining; separator; bottoms; distilled; successive; atmospheric; vacuum; pressures; intermediate-boiling; products; withdrawn; recycled; upgraded; provide; additional; low-boiling; multistage; provides; improved; flexibility; hydroprocessing; various; carbonaceous; feedstocks; adjusting; desired; structures; economy; operations; stage catalytic; carbonaceous feedstocks; hydrogenation process; hydrogen partial; liquid fractions; reactor effluent; psig hydrogen; vacuum pressure; hydrocarbon liquid; process provides; conversion process; catalytic hydrogenation; provide additional; provides improved; feed material; waste material; waste materials; partial pressure; liquid products; plastic waste; liquid product; stage reactor; liquid fraction; low-boiling hydrocarbon; light distillate; feed materials; liquid form; space velocity; catalytic reactor; desired product; vacuum pressures; petroleum fraction; highly dispersed; heavy hydrocarbon; distillate fraction; distillate fractions; hydrocarbon feed; heavy petroleum; bed catalytic; carbonaceous feed; reactor space; catalytic reactors; catalytic multi-stage; effluent stream; hydroconversion process; stage hydrogenation; carbonaceous feedstock; based catalyst; /208/
Citation Formats
Comolli, Alfred G, and Lee, Lap-Keung. Catalytic multi-stage process for hydroconversion and refining hydrocarbon feeds. United States: N. p., 2001.
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Comolli, Alfred G, & Lee, Lap-Keung. Catalytic multi-stage process for hydroconversion and refining hydrocarbon feeds. United States.
Comolli, Alfred G, and Lee, Lap-Keung. Mon .
"Catalytic multi-stage process for hydroconversion and refining hydrocarbon feeds". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/873565.
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abstractNote = {A multi-stage catalytic hydrogenation and hydroconversion process for heavy hydrocarbon feed materials such as coal, heavy petroleum fractions, and plastic waste materials. In the process, the feedstock is reacted in a first-stage, back-mixed catalytic reactor with a highly dispersed iron-based catalyst having a powder, gel or liquid form. The reactor effluent is pressure-reduced, vapors and light distillate fractions are removed overhead, and the heavier liquid fraction is fed to a second stage back-mixed catalytic reactor. The first and second stage catalytic reactors are operated at 700-850.degree. F. temperature, 1000-3500 psig hydrogen partial pressure and 20-80 lb./hr per ft.sup.3 reactor space velocity. The vapor and light distillates liquid fractions removed from both the first and second stage reactor effluent streams are combined and passed to an in-line, fixed-bed catalytic hydrotreater for heteroatom removal and for producing high quality naphtha and mid-distillate or a full-range distillate product. The remaining separator bottoms liquid fractions are distilled at successive atmospheric and vacuum pressures, low and intermediate-boiling hydrocarbon liquid products are withdrawn, and heavier distillate fractions are recycled and further upgraded to provide additional low-boiling hydrocarbon liquid products. This catalytic multistage hydrogenation process provides improved flexibility for hydroprocessing the various carbonaceous feedstocks and adjusting to desired product structures and for improved economy of operations.},
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