摘要:
In a hydrocarbon upgrading process, a hydrocarbon feed is treated in at least one of a steam cracker, catalytic cracker, coker, hydrocracker, and reformer under suitable conditions to produce a first stream comprising olefinic and aromatic hydrocarbons. A second stream composed mainly of C4+ olefinic and aromatic hydrocarbons is recovered from the first stream and is fed together with a methylating agent to a reaction zone containing a catalyst under reaction conditions including a temperature of about 450° C. to about 700° C., such that aromatics components in the second stream undergo dealkylation, transalkylation and/or methylation and aliphatic components undergo cracking and aromatization to produce a third stream having an increased xylene content compared with said second stream and a C3− olefin by-product. The C3− olefin by-product is recovered and para-xylene is removed from at least part of said third stream.
摘要:
A hydrocarbon conversion process for producing an aromatics product containing of benzene, toluene, xylenes, or mixtures thereof. The process is carried out by converting precursors of benzene, toluene, and xylenes that are contained in a hydrocarbon feed (C6+ non-aromatic cyclic hydrocarbons, A8+ single-ring aromatic hydrocarbons having at least one alkyl group containing two or more carbon atoms; and A9+ single-ring aromatic hydrocarbons having at least three methyl groups) to produce a product that contains an increased amount of benzene, toluene, xylenes, or combinations thereof compared to said hydrocarbon feed.
摘要:
A method of removing contaminants from a hydrocarbon stream which involves contacting the hydrocarbon stream containing a heavy-metal contaminant with a porous material under conditions suitable for adsorption of the contaminant by the porous material. A process for preparing an adsorbent which involves forming a mixture of metal oxide powder and support powder, shaping the mixture into an aggregate, and reducing the aggregate to transform the metal oxide to the metallic state.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to the removal of organochlorides from hydrocarbon streams using highly crystalline molecular sieve material, such as zeolites, and particularly zeolite X in a sodium form, and the removal of organochlorides from hydrocarbon streams containing olefinic compounds using such molecular sieves in combination with alumina for the purpose of effecting a decomposition of the organochloride into a corresponding unsaturated hydrocarbon molecule and a molecule of hydrocarbon chloride wherein the hydrocarbon chloride is removed from the hydrocarbon stream by being adsorbed onto the adsorbent of the highly crystalline molecular sieve used alone, or in combination with alumina in those instances where olefinic compounds are present in the hydrocarbon stream, so that the unsaturated hydrocarbon molecule may be recovered from the resultant hydrocarbon stream containing a reduced amount of organochlorides.
摘要:
A process and apparatus are provided for the present invention relates to a process for upgrading tar-containing effluent from a steam cracker furnace that comprises: a) contacting a steam cracker tar-containing effluent with steam and for a time, sufficient to convert at least a portion of the steam cracker tar to a mixture comprising lower boiling molecules and the steam cracker tar-containing effluent; and b) separating the mixture from step a) into i) at least one tar-lean product; and ii) a tar-rich product having a final boiling above the final boiling point of the at least one tar-lean product. Step a) can includes at least one of: 1) contacting said steam cracker tar-containing effluent with steam added to the effluent in a transfer line downstream of a steam cracker furnace comprising a quench inlet, with the steam added through or downstream of the quench inlet; 2) contacting the steam cracker tar-containing effluent with steam under heat soaking conditions in a heat soaking vessel to which the steam is added; and 3) contacting the steam cracker tar-containing effluent with steam under visbreaking conditions in a visbreaker. The steam treated tar can be separated into higher value gas oil, fuel oil and tar streams.
摘要:
A catalyst system and process for combined cracking and selective hydrogen combustion of hydrocarbons are disclosed. The catalyst comprises: (1) at least one solid acid component, (2) at least one metal-based component comprised of (i) at least one of oxygen and sulfur (ii) one or more elements from Groups 5–15 of the Periodic Table of the Elements; and (iii) one or more elements from at least one of (a) Groups 1–2 and (b) Group 4; of the Periodic Table of the Elements; and (3) at least one of at least one support, at least one filler and at least one binder. The process is such that the yield of hydrogen is less than the yield of hydrogen when contacting the hydrocarbons with the solid acid component alone.
摘要:
It has been discovered that catalysts may be modified by depositing an agent derivative from an agent such as an organometallic compound upon them. Such a modification gives a catalyst useful in increased selectivity to para-substituted alkyl benzenes, such as para-xylene (PX), through reacting an aromatic compound such as toluene and/or benzene with a methylating agent from hydrogen and carbon monoxide and/or carbon dioxide and/or methanol. Using these selectivated catalysts, para-substituted alkyl benzenes can be recovered in a selectivity of 80% or greater, significantly better than the equilibrium concentration of 24%.
摘要:
It has been discovered that para-xylene (PX) can be synthesized with improved selectivity by reacting an aromatic compound such as toluene and/or benzene with a reactant(s) from fuel syngas such as a combination of hydrogen and carbon monoxide and/or carbon dioxide and/or methanol,or methylating agents produced therefrom. The combination of the selective methylation technology and a source of fuel syngas creates several advantages including simplification of the selective methylation process and utilization of low cost feeds. The fuel syngas is used on a once-through basis.
摘要:
A catalytic reaction process which involves exposing a hydrocarbon feed including nitrogenous contaminants as well as dialkyl sulfides to a material capable of adsorbing the nitrogenous contaminants as well as dialkyl sulfides from the feed before introducing the stream substantially devoid of nitrogenous contaminants and dimethyl sulfide into a feed zone of a reactor; contacting the hydrocarbon stream with a catalyst material in the reaction zone; and catalytically reacting the hydrocarbon stream under conditions which favor forming a reaction product and inhibiting reaction of nitrogenous contaminants and dimethyl sulfide with the catalyst material.
摘要:
A process and apparatus are provided for upgrading steam cracker tars from steam crackers. The invention also relates to a steam cracking process and apparatus for reducing yields of tars produced from steam cracking while increasing yields of higher value products by heating steam cracker tar, in the presence of hydrogen donor compounds, e.g., tetralin. The hydrogen donor compounds can be provided in a hydrogen donor-rich hydrocarbon stream, e.g., light cycle oils, or low sulfur vacuum tower bottoms. The treated tar can be separated into gas oil, fuel oil and tar streams.