Process for selectively producing aromatic compounds

A process is disclosed for selectively producing one or more aromatic compounds selected from benzene, toluene, para-xylene, meta-xylene, ortho-xylene, ethylbenzene and mixtures thereof from a feed containing C6-C20 hydrocarbons and/or C6-C8 alcohols. The feed is initially subjected to a chemical co...

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Main Authors MOHR GARY DAVID, COLLE THOMAS HERMAN, FENG XIAOBING
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 05.06.2003
Edition7
Subjects
ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
CHEMISTRY
METALLURGY
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Summary:A process is disclosed for selectively producing one or more aromatic compounds selected from benzene, toluene, para-xylene, meta-xylene, ortho-xylene, ethylbenzene and mixtures thereof from a feed containing C6-C20 hydrocarbons and/or C6-C8 alcohols. The feed is initially subjected to a chemical conversion step to increase the concentration of C6-C8 paraffin and/or olefin precursors of said one or more aromatic compounds and then resulting precursor-enriched feed is then contacted with a dehydrocyclization catalyst under conditions of temperature and hydrogen partial pressure sufficient to effect dehydrocyclization of said paraffin and/or olefin precursors. A product rich in the desired aromatic compound(s) can then be recovered from the dehydrocyclization effluent.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20020283879