Production of synthetic diesel fuel from light olefins

Conference · Wed Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984 · AIChE Natl. Meet.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5765799

Tabak, S A; Holland, R E; Ireland, H R

Mobil Research and Development Corporation has developed a catalytic process for converting light olefinic compounds to high quality gasoline and distillate. The process has been named Mobil Olefin to Gasoline and Distillate (MOGD) Process. This process is based on a synthetic zeolite catalyst which shapes selectively oligomerized light olefins to higher molecular weight iso-olefins. In the gasoline boiling range, these olefins have a high octane number and for the diesel fuel range product a high cetane number following hydrogenation. The process is highly flexible, and a commercial plant can be designed to produce distillate/gasoline ratios of 0/100 to 90/10 depending on market requirements. Though normally designed to process propylene or butylene, MOGD is applicable to a wide range of feed streams ranging from ethylene to 400/sup 0/F end point olefinic naphtha. The process has been tested using commercially-produced catalyst in refinery scale equipment.

• Research Organization: Mobil Research and Development Co., Paulsboro, NJ
• OSTI ID: 5765799
• Report Number(s): CONF-840828-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIChE Natl. Meet.; (United States) Journal Volume: 42A
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
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ANTIKNOCK RATINGS
CATALYSTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DIESEL FUELS
DISTILLATES
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GASOLINE
HYDROCARBONS
INORGANIC ION EXCHANGERS
ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS
LIQUID FUELS
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MINERALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM DISTILLATES
PETROLEUM FRACTIONS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PRODUCTION
SYNTHETIC FUELS
SYNTHETIC PETROLEUM
ZEOLITES