Abstract: A method for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number from a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of not more than 380° C., the method including: a cracking and reforming reaction step of obtaining a product containing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number from the feedstock oil, a refining and collection step of refining and collecting monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number that have been separated from the product, a hydrogenation reaction step of hydrogenating a heavy fraction of 9 or more carbon number separated from the product, and a recycling step of returning the heavy fraction hydrogenation reaction product obtained in the hydrogenation reaction step to the cracking and reforming reaction step.

Abstract: A method for producing aromatic hydrocarbons in which at least one feedstock oil selected from the group consisting of LCO produced from an FCC apparatus, hydrotreated LCO, naphtha and straight-run gas oil is brought into contact with a reforming catalyst inside a fluidized bed reactor, wherein the method includes transporting a reforming catalyst that has been extracted from the fluidized bed reactor to a heating tank, heating the reforming catalyst in the heating tank to a temperature at least as high as the reaction temperature inside the fluidized bed reactor, and following heating, transporting the heated reforming catalyst to the fluidized bed reactor.

Abstract: A method for producing aromatic hydrocarbons by bringing a feedstock derived from a fraction containing a light cycle oil produced in a fluid catalytic cracking into contact with a catalyst containing a crystalline aluminosilicate, wherein the proportion of the naphthene content within the feedstock is adjusted so as to be greater than the proportion of the naphthene content in the fraction containing the light cycle oil, and the contact between the feedstock and the catalyst is performed under a pressure within a range from 0.1 MPaG to 1.0 MPaG.

Abstract: A catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, used for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number from a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., wherein the catalyst contains a crystalline aluminosilicate, gallium and/or zinc, and phosphorus, the molar ratio between silicon and aluminum (Si/Al ratio) in the crystalline aluminosilicate is not more than 100, the molar ratio between the phosphorus supported on the crystalline aluminosilicate and the aluminum of the crystalline aluminosilicate (P/Al ratio) is not less than 0.01 and not more than 1.0, and the amount of gallium and/or zinc is not more than 1.2% by mass based on the mass of the crystalline aluminosilicate.

Abstract: A catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number from a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., or a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of not more than 360° C., wherein the catalyst contains a crystalline aluminosilicate, gallium and/or zinc, and phosphorus, and the amount of phosphorus supported on the crystalline aluminosilicate is within a range from 0.1 to 1.9% by mass based on the mass of the crystalline aluminosilicate; and a method for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, the method involving bringing a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., or a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C.

Abstract: A novel olefin hydration method is provided for efficiently producing alcohols by hydration of olefins containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms in the presence of a catalyst. Thus, alcohols are produced by hydrating olefins containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms at reaction temperature of 100 to 250° C. in the presence of a solid acid catalyst consisting of carbonaceous materials containing sulfonic acid groups obtained from an organic matter by carbonization and sulfonation. In carrying out this method, the organic matter is preferably an aromatic hydrocarbon or a saccharide, the olefin is preferably propylene or a butenes, and the hydration reaction temperature is not lower than 120° C., more preferably not lower than 150° C.

Abstract: The object is to produce a polysaccharide and/or a monosaccharide efficiently by hydrolyzing a different polysaccharide efficiently. The hydrolysis of a polysaccharide is an important means for producing a monosaccharide that can be used as a starting material for the production of ethanol, the solubilization of a water-insoluble polysaccharide, and the production of a useful water-soluble low-polymeric saccharide or the like. For achieving the object, a polysaccharide to be hydrolyzed is reacted with water in the presence of a carbonaceous material having sulfonic acid group therein to cause the hydrolysis of the polysaccharide to be hydrolyzed, thereby producing a other polysaccharide and/or a monosaccharide.

Abstract: A novel olefin hydration method is provided for efficiently producing alcohols by hydration of olefins containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms in the presence of a catalyst. Thus, alcohols are produced by hydrating olefins containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms at reaction temperature of 100 to 250° C. in the presence of a solid acid catalyst consisting of carbonaceous materials containing sulfonic acid groups obtained from an organic matter by carbonization and sulfonation. In carrying out this method, the organic matter is preferably an aromatic hydrocarbon or a saccharide, the olefin is preferably propylene or a butenes, and the hydration reaction temperature is not lower than 120° C., more preferably not lower than 150° C.

Abstract: A method of continuously producing polyalkylbiphenyls involves reacting biphenyl and an olefin in the presence of a solid acid catalyst to obtain a reaction mixture containing monoalkylbiphenyls and dialkylbiphenyls, separating a fraction containing biphenyl and at least a part of the monoalkylbiphenyls, circulating the separated fraction to the reactor such that the ratio of biphenyls to monoalkylbiphenyls is designed to be 0.1 or more and is designed to be less than the soluability of biphenyl to monoalkylbiphenyl at a circulation temperature, and recovering polyalkylbiphenyls.

Abstract: Th invention provides a method of producing dialkylbiphenyls and trialkylbiphenyle efficiently using a continuous flow system. The method of continuously producing polyalkylbiphenyls comprises the following four steps: (1) a step of supplying reaction raw materials containing at least biphenyl and an olefin to a flow system reactor wherein the mol ratio of olefin/biphenyl is 0.3 to 3 at the inlet of the reactor and reacting the raw materials in the presence of a solid acid catalyst to obtain a reaction mixture containing monoalkylbiphenyls and dialkylbiphenyls, (2) a step of separating a fraction containing biphenyl and at least a part of monoalkylbiphenyls from the above reaction mixture, (3) a step of circulating the fraction separated in the step (2) to the reactor such that the ratio by weight of biphenyl to monoalkylbiphenyls is designed to be 0.