STAGED-ACIDITY REFORMING

• Main Authors: MCVICKER, GARY B, ZIEMIAK, JOHN J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 18.06.1994
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; METALLURGY; MINERAL WAXES; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVEHYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, ORGASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE

Staged-Acidity Naphtha Reforming provides increased C5+ liquid yields by systematically adjusting catalyst acidity within a multireactor reformer to match the different acid strengths required to selectively aromatize naphthene and paraffin hydrocarbon as they traverse the reformer train.