Integrated reforming/aromatization process

Patent · Tue Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6829682

Harandi, M N; Owen, H

This patent describes an integrated process for increasing the gasoline yield from a catalytic reforming process. It comprises: charging a naphtha boiling range feedstream to a catalytic reforming reaction zone under reforming conversion conditions; withdrawing a reactor effluent stream from the reforming reaction zone; separating the reactor effluent stream into a hydrogen-rich gas stream and an unstabilized reformate stream; further separating the unstabilized reformate in a fractionator into an overhead stream containing C{sub 4} - components and a bottom stream containing C{sub 6} + components; charging the fractionator overhead stream to a catalytic aromatization zone under aromatization conversion conditions; withdrawing an aromatization zone effluent stream from the aromatization zone; cooling the aromatization zone effluent stream; separating the cooled aromatization zone effluent steam into a C{sub 4} - stream and a C{sub 5} + stream; and refluxing the C{sub 5} + aromatic gasoline stream to the fractionation zone.

• Assignee: Mobil Oil Corp., New York, NY (USA)
• Patent Number(s): US 4936976; A
• Application Number: PPN: US s 7-318225
• OSTI ID: 6829682
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 2 Mar 1989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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GASOLINE
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REFORMER PROCESSES
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CHEMICAL REACTIONS
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DISTILLATES
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
LIQUID FUELS
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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PETROLEUM DISTILLATES
PETROLEUM FRACTIONS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
YIELDS
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