Abstract:
A synthetic fuel gas is produced from crude oil by a combination of inter-related steps which separate the oil into several fractions, a first ethane and lighter gaseous fraction, a further gas fraction containing propane and butane, a gasoline containing fraction boiling up to, about 400* F, and a heavy oil or residual fraction, the first two fractions are treated with caustic to remove sulfur and sulfur compounds therefrom, the third fraction is hydrodesulfurized and the fourth fraction is catalytically cracked to extinction to produce gaseous products and an additional gasoline fraction which is hydrodesulfurized whereupon all except the first fraction are combined and then converted by known operation to produce a synthetic natural gas or fuel. This gas or fuel can be combined with the first gas fraction either before or after hydrogen has been removed from it.
Abstract:
PENTENE AND/OR HEXENE ARE CONVERTED BY THE OLEFIN REACTION TO PRODUCE BUTENE. IN ONE EMBIDIMENT C5 AND/OR C6 OLEFINS ARE SEPARATED FROM A GASOLINE STREAM, CONVERTED ACCORDING TO THE OLEFIN REACTION, AND LIGHTER OLEFINS PRODUCED THEREBY ARE ALKYALTED, THEREBY REMOVING FROM THE GASOLINE COMPONENTS WHICH ARE OBJECTIONABLE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF MOTOR VEHICLE HYDROCARBON EMISSIONS AND PRODUCING HIGH OCTANE LOWER VOLATILITY CONPONENTS WHICH REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR LEAD-CONTAINING
ANTIKNOCK ADDITIVE AND REDUCE OLEFINIC HYDROCARBON EMISSION DUE TO VAPORIZATION LOSS.
Abstract:
NORMAL BUTENES AND ISOBUTENE ARE CONVERTED BY A FIRST OLEFIN REACTION TO PRODUCE ISOAMYLENES AND A HEAVIER BRANCHED OLEFIN, AND THE HEAVIER BRANCHED OLEFIN IS CONVERTED, TOGETHER WITH ETHYLENE, IN A SECOND OLEFIN REACTION ZONE, TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL ISOAMYLENES.