Abstract: Embodiments of apparatuses and methods for reforming of hydrocarbons including recovery of products are provided. In one example, a method comprises separating a reforming-zone effluent into a net gas phase stream and a liquid phase hydrocarbon stream. The net gas phase stream is separated for forming an H2-rich stream and a first intermediate liquid phase hydrocarbon stream. The H2-rich stream is contacted with an adsorbent to form an H2-ultra rich stream and a PSA tail gas stream. The PSA tail gas stream and at least a portion of the liquid phase hydrocarbon stream are cooled and contacted with each other to form a H2, C2? hydrocarbons-containing gas stream and a cooled second intermediate liquid phase hydrocarbon stream.

Abstract: A method for processing heavy hydrocarbons in an NGL recovery system is provided. In one embodiment, a feed stream is separated into a carbon dioxide recycle stream and a heavy hydrocarbon stream. The heavy hydrocarbon stream comprises carbon dioxide and natural gas liquids, and the heavy hydrocarbon stream comprises heavy hydrocarbons. The carbon dioxide recycle stream is separated into a purified carbon dioxide recycle stream and a natural gas liquids stream. The purified carbon dioxide recycle stream comprises the carbon dioxide, and the natural gas liquids stream comprises the natural gas liquids. In another embodiment, a set of process equipment comprises a first separator and a second separator. The first separator is configured to separate a feed stream into a recycle stream and a heavy hydrocarbons stream, and the second separator is configured to separate the recycle stream into a purified recycle stream and a natural gas liquids stream.

Abstract: A process for recovering liquefied petroleum gas from tail gas includes recovering a tail gas stream from a pressure swing adsorption zone and contacting the tail gas stream with a sponge liquid such as an unstabilized reformate liquid stream in order to recover C3+ hydrocarbons from the tail gas stream. The C3+ hydrocarbons may be recovered from the sponge liquid as liquefied petroleum gas.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for recovering absorbed hydrocarbon components while absorbing acid gases from technical gases, as for example a natural gas, by means of physically active absorption agents, wherein the inventive method consists in increasing the pressure of a loaded absorption agent extracted from an adsorption device, in adding said loaded absorption agent to the top of a rectification column which consist of a lower feeding stove and of one or several lateral stoves operating at a pressure slightly greater than the absorption column pressure, in adjusting an equilibrium is said rectification column in such a way that the acid gas concentration in the absorbent agent increases in the direction away from the bottom of the column and the hydrocarbon concentration decreases in said direction, in extracting a heated hydrocarbon-poor and acid gas component-rich absorption agent from the bottom of the column and in transferring said agent to an acid gas desorption device, in extracting a hydroca

Abstract: The invention provides a method of extracting the hydrogen sulfide contained in a gas comprising aromatic hydrocarbons, wherein the following stages are carried out: a) contacting said gas with an absorbent solution so as to obtain a gas depleted in hydrogen sulfide and an absorbent solution laden with hydrogen sulfide, b) heating and expanding the hydrogen sulfide-laden absorbent solution to a predetermined temperature and pressure so as to release a gaseous fraction comprising aromatic hydrocarbons and to obtain an absorbent solution depleted in aromatic hydrocarbons, said temperature and pressure being so selected that said gaseous fraction comprises at least 50% of the aromatic hydrocarbons and at most 35% hydrogen sulfide contained in said hydrogen sulfide-laden absorbent solution, c) thermally regenerating the absorbent solution depleted in aromatic hydrocarbon compounds so as to release a hydrogen sulfide-rich gaseous effluent and to obtain a regenerated absorbent solution.

Abstract: A process for extracting natural gas liquids (NGLs) from natural gas that involves contacting natural gas from one source with crude, or heavy, oil from a different source under conditions that promote enrichment of the crude or heavy oil with NGLs from the natural gas. Apart from functioning as an absorbent fluid, the crude or heavy oil also functions as the carrier medium for the absorbed NGLs. When practicing the process, unlike conventional methods, there is no need to regenerate the absorbent fluid, in this case the crude and heavy oil, for recycling.

Abstract: A method of producing pyrolytic oils suitable for petroleum reprocessing is disclosed. According to the invention, petroleum derived organic sludges or oil residues in a solid/liquid phase are subjected to vacuum pyrolysis under temperature and sub-atmospheric pressure conditions such as to prevent gas and vapor phase secondary cracking reactions and to thereby increase the yield of pyrolytic oils to the detriment of hydrocarbon gases. About 97% of the organic matter content of the sludges and about 75% of the organic matter content of the oil residues can be converted into pyrolytic oils suitable for petroleum reprocessing.

Abstract: Carbon dioxide is removed from CO.sub.2 and hydrocarbon containing gaseous streams. In the instance where the hydrocarbons and CO.sub.2 are such that hydrocarbons would condense out during CO.sub.2 removal, the gas stream is treated in one or more stages to accomplish hydrocarbon composition control.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for hydrotreating hydrocarbon feedstocks and for recovering from the resulting effluent stream selected hydrocarbon fractions, and hydrogen for recycle and other uses with improved purity. Relatively pure hydrogen is provided by separating the effluent stream into a hydrogen-containing gaseous stream and a liquid phase hydrocarbon product, and then contacting the gaseous hydrogen-containing stream in a first absorption step with the liquid phase hydrocarbon product obtained in the gas-liquid separation step, and in a second extraction step with a stabilized portion of the liquid phase hydrocarbon product.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for the regeneration of washing oil which has been spent to recover naphthalene and/or benzol from coke oven gas. The spent washing oil is stripped by steam in a bubble column arranged as an integral part of a single main column that includes first, second and third exchange column sections disposed in a superimposed relation one above the other to receive the stripped vapors from the bubble column. The first exchange column section is fed with a mixture of toluene, xylene and naphthalene as a reflux, the second exchange column section is fed with water as the reflux and the third exchange column section is fed with benzol as the reflux. The head product from the column is condensed and passed through a first-phase separator to obtain a substantially anhydrous benzol fraction and a water fraction. These fractions are separately used as a reflux for the second and third exchange column sections.

Abstract: Process and apparatus for the separation of gaseous and vaporous constituents from a feed containing the same. Vaporous feed components are absorbed into multiple primary lean absorber liquids and a secondary lean absorber liquid through contact between the feed and the absorber liquids in a multistage absorption zone. Gaseous feed components are withdrawn from the absorption zone. Rich absorber liquid is passed to a multistage stripping zone where gaseous feed components dissolved within the rich absorber liquid are removed and returned to the absorption zone. Stripped liquid, containing vaporous feed components, but being essentially free from gaseous feed components, is withdrawn from the stripping zone. Multiple and discrete primary lean absorber liquids are withdrawn from separate stages of the stripping zone and passed to separate stages of the absorption zone.