HYDROPROCESSING IN A COUNTERCURRENT REACTION VESSEL

• Main Authors: DANKWORTH, DAVID C, SCHOREIDE, JAMES J, GUPTA, RAMESH, FLEMING, DENNIS D, ELLIS, EDWARD S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 26.02.1998
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; METALLURGY; MINERAL WAXES; PEAT; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; 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; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

Liquid petroleum or chemical streams are upgraded by passing the stream countercurrent to the flow of a treat gas such as a hydrogen-containing gas in at least one reaction zone (r1, r2, r3). The reaction vessel (R) used in the practice of the present invention contains vapor passageway means (VB1, VB2, VB3, VB4, VB5) and optionally liquid passageway means (LD) to bypass one or more catalyst beds. This permits more stable and efficient reaction vessel operation.