Refiners have several options for reducing gasoline benzene

Journal Article · Mon Sep 13 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:6125530

Goelzer, A R; Hernandez-Robinson, A ^[1]; Ram, S ^[2]; Chin, A A ^[3]; Harandi, M N; Smith, C M ^[4]

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1. Badger Co. Inc., Cambridge, MA (United States)
2. Raytheon Engineers and Constructors Inc., Cambridge, MA (United States)
3. Mobil Research and Development Corp., Paulsboro, NJ (United States)
4. Mobil Research and Development Corp., Princeton, NJ (United States)

Although the linkage between gasoline benzene content and evaporative, running, and tailpipe emission is not yet defined, the U.S. 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments mandate a benzene content of less than 1.0 vol% in reformulated gasolines. Likewise, the California Air Resources Board plans to restrict benzene to less than about 0.8 vol %. Mobil Research and Development Corp. and Badger Co. Inc. have developed several alternatives for reducing benzene levels in gasoline. Where benzene extraction is viable and maximum catalytic reformer hydrogen is needed, the companies' cumene and ethylbenzene processes are desirable. Mobil's benzene reduction process can be an alternative to benzene hydrosaturation. All of these processes utilize low-value offgas from the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit.

• OSTI ID: 6125530
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Vol. 91:37; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
BENZENE
REMOVAL
GASOLINE
REFINING
AIR POLLUTION
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
CATALYTIC CRACKING
CLEAN AIR ACTS
CONCENTRATION RATIO
CUMENE
FLOWSHEETS
PETROLEUM
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
AROMATICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CRACKING
DECOMPOSITION
DIAGRAMS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HYDROCARBONS
LAWS
LIQUID FUELS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PROCESSING
PYROLYSIS
REGULATIONS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
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