To Produce Aromatic Patents (Class 585/319)
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Patent number: 8859835Abstract: In a process for the regeneration of a coked metal-containing catalyst, the coked catalyst is contacted in a regeneration zone with an atmosphere which contains carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide at a temperature of at least 400° C.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2011Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Kenneth R. Clem, Larry L. Iaccino, Mobae Afeworki, Juan D. Henao, Neeraj Sangar, Xiaobo Zheng, Lorenzo C. DeCaul
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Publication number: 20140296595Abstract: A method for converting coal into BTX in which feed coal is converted to a 600-700° F.? product stream by direct liquefaction. This product stream is hydrocracked and hydroprocessed to produce a 350° F.? stream which in turn is fractionated to produce a 160° F.? stream and a 160/350° F. stream that contains 85-90% naphthenes. The 160/350° F. stream is catalytically reformed to produce an aromatic stream and a 160° F.? paraffinic stream. The aromatics stream can be separated into benzene toluene and xylene streams by distillation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: ACCELERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Richard F. Bauman, Kenneth Lee Trachte
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Patent number: 8846995Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventors: Shinichiro Yanagawa, Masahide Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20140288340Abstract: A process is disclosed for making styrene by converting methanol to formaldehyde in a reactor then reacting the formaldehyde with toluene to form styrene in a separate reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: James R. Butler, Joseph E. Pelati
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Publication number: 20140275673Abstract: A process for producing light olefins and aromatics, which comprises reacting a feedstock by contacting with a catalytic cracking catalyst in at least two reaction zones, wherein the reaction temperature of at least one reaction zone among the reaction zones downstream of the first reaction zone is higher than that of the first reaction zone and its weight hourly space velocity is lower than that of the first reaction zone, separating the spent catalyst from the reaction product vapor, regenerating the separated spent catalyst and returning the regenerated catalyst to the reactor, and separating the reaction product vapor to obtain the desired products, light olefins and aromatics. This process produces maximum light olefins such as propylene, ethylene, etc from heavy feedstocks, wherein the yield of propylene exceeds 20% by weight, and produces aromatics such as toluene, xylene, etc at the same time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicants: CHINA PETROLEUM CHEMICAL CORPORATION, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING, SINOPECInventors: Jun LONG, Zhijian DA, Dadong LI, Xieqing WANG, Xingtian SHU, Jiushun ZHANG, Hong NIE, Chaogang XIE, Zhigang ZHANG, Wei WANG
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Publication number: 20140275468Abstract: Hydrotreating catalysts and processes useful for the conversion of methoxylated aromatic compounds to simple aromatic compounds are provided. The catalysts comprise transition metal selected from the group consisting of Group 8 metals, Group 9 metals, Group 10 metals, Group 11 metals, and mixtures thereof, and catalyst support selected from the group consisting of shape-selective zeolite, silica, titania, zirconia, and mixtures thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANYInventors: Patti Jean Kellett, Dimitris Ioannis Collias
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Patent number: 8835705Abstract: The process concerns ethylbenzene conversion and xylene isomerization with a catalyst pretreated by sulfiding.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Chunshe Cao, Jeffrey L. Andrews, Michel Molinier
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Patent number: 8802907Abstract: A processes for producing a dehydrogenation reaction product stream comprising the step of contacting a hydrocarbon stream comprising cyclohexane and methyl cyclopentane with a dehydrogenation catalyst comprising at least one metal or compound thereof and at least one molecular sieve and under conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the cyclohexane to benzene and to convert at least a portion of the methyl cyclopentane to at least one paraffin. The hydrocarbon stream is produced by hydroalkylating benzene and hydrogen to form a hydroalkylation reaction product stream which is separated to yield the hydrocarbon stream.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Teng Xu, Edward A. Lemon, Jr., Tan-Jen Chen, Terry E. Helton
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Publication number: 20140221715Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods for method of producing aromatic products, the methods including separating a crude oil and condensate feed into at least a light naphtha stream, a heavy naphtha stream, and a bottoms stream, reforming at least a portion of the heavy naphtha stream to produce a reformate stream, feeding a cracker feed stream, comprising the light naphtha stream, the bottoms stream, and a reformate extraction raffinate, to an olefins cracker to produce cracker products comprising pyrolysis gasoline, and introducing an extractor feed stream comprising the pyrolysis gasoline and the reformate to an aromatic extraction unit to produce an aromatic product and the reformate extraction raffinate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Inventors: Robert S. Bridges, Steven T. Coleman
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Patent number: 8796498Abstract: A process is disclosed for making styrene by converting methanol to formaldehyde in a reactor then reacting the formaldehyde with toluene to form styrene in a separate reactor.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2013Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Fina Technology, Inc.Inventors: James R. Butler, Joseph E. Pelati
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Publication number: 20140200377Abstract: The present method for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is a method for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons having 6 to 8 carbon atoms. This method includes a cracking and reforming reaction step of bringing oil feedstock into contact with a catalyst to cause a reaction and obtain a product containing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons having 6 to 8 carbon atoms and a heavy fraction having 9 or more carbon atoms, a purification and recovery step of purifying and recovering the monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons having 6 to 8 carbon atoms separated from the product formed by the cracking and reforming reaction step, and a first returning step of returning at least a portion of toluene obtained by the purification and recovery step to the cracking and reforming reaction step.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2012Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicants: CHIYODA CORPORATION, JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro Yanagawa, Yasuyuki Iwasa, Ryoji Ida, Masahide Kobayashi, Susumu Yasui, Yoshishige Sugi, Atsushi Fukui, Akira Utatsu
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Publication number: 20140187827Abstract: The present invention describes a method of making a jet fuel composition comprising: providing a mineral-based kero/jet-type distillate component having certain enumerated physico-chemical properties, typically an off-spec jet fuel; providing a deoxygenated and dewaxed renewable component derived from triglycerides and/or fatty acids and having an isoparaffin to normal paraffin ratio from about 2:1 to about 6:1 and an aromatics content less than about 1 vol %; and blending from about 75 vol % to about 97 vol % of the mineral-based distillate components with from about 3 vol % to about 25 vol % of the renewable component to form an on-spec blended jet fuel composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANYInventors: David J. Abdallah, Dennis H. Hoskin, Roger G. Gaughan, Paul P. Wells, Mike T. Noorman, Gary James Johnston, Marc-Andre Poirier, Gregory P. Rockwell
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Publication number: 20140163274Abstract: A new family of aluminosilicate zeolites designated UZM-44 has been synthesized. These zeolites are represented by the empirical formula. NanMmk+TtAl1-xExSiyOz where “n” is the mole ratio of Na to (Al+E), M represents a metal or metals from zinc, Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 and or the lanthanide series of the periodic table, “m” is the mole ratio of M to (Al+E), “k” is the average charge of the metal or metals M, T is the organic structure directing agent or agents, and E is a framework element such as gallium. UZM-44 may be used to catalyze an aromatic transformation process by contacting a feed comprising at least a first aromatic with UZM-44 at hydrocarbon conversion conditions to produce at least a second aromatic.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: UOP LLCInventors: Christopher P. Nicholas, Antoine Negiz, Mark A. Miller
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Publication number: 20140163275Abstract: A producing method of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from the oil feedstock having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of more than or equal to 140° C. and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of less than or equal to 380° C. by bringing into contact with an aromatic production catalyst includes the steps of: introducing the oil feedstock into a cracking and reforming reaction apparatus housing the aromatic production catalyst; bringing the oil feedstock and the aromatic production catalyst into contact with each other at the inside of the cracking and reforming reaction apparatus; heating the oil feedstock in advance before introducing the oil feedstock into the cracking and reforming reaction apparatus and forming a two-phase gas-liquid stream; separating the two-phase gas-liquid stream into a gas fraction and a liquid fraction; and introducing the gas fraction and the liquid fraction at different positions of the cracking and reforming reaction apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicants: CHIYODA CORPORATION, JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro Yanagawa, Yasuyuki Iwasa, Susumu Yasui, Yoshishige Sugi, Atsushi Fukui, Atsuro Nagumo
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Patent number: 8742187Abstract: The method of the present invention provides a high yield pathway to 2,5-dimethylhexadiene from renewable isobutanol, which enables economic production of renewable p-xylene (and subsequently, terephthalic acid, a key monomer in the production of PET) from isobutanol. In addition, the present invention provides methods for producing 2,5-dimethylhexadiene from a variety of feed stocks that can act as “equivalents” of isobutylene and/or isobutyraldehyde including isobutanol, isobutylene oxide, and isobutyl ethers and acetals. Catalysts employed in the present methods that produce 2,5-dimethylhexadiene can also catalyze alcohol dehydration, alcohol oxidation, epoxide rearrangement, and ether and acetal cleavage.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: GEVO, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Jackson Taylor, Joshua D. Taylor, Matthew W. Peters, David E. Henton
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Publication number: 20140142357Abstract: A process is presented for increasing the aromatics content in a reformate process stream. The process modifies existing processes to change the operation without changing the reactors or heating units. The process includes bypasses to utilize heating capacity of upstream heating units, and passes the excess capacity of the upstream heating units to downstream process streams.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: UOP LLCInventors: Clayton C. Sadler, Mark D. Moser
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Publication number: 20140142358Abstract: A process is presented for increasing the aromatics content in a reformate process stream. The process modifies existing processes to change the operation without changing the reactors or heating units. The process includes bypasses to utilize heating capacity of upstream heating units, and passes the excess capacity of the upstream heating units to downstream process streams.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: UOP LLCInventors: Mark D. Moser, Clayton C. Sadler
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Patent number: 8722951Abstract: This invention relates to fuel compositions for use in combustion engines, such as for motor vehicle and aircraft usage. The fuel composition contains at least 99.5% of aromatic hydrocarbons and paraffinic hydrocarbons. The composition also preferably contains no lead, no multi-ring compound (only single ring compounds are present), less than about 15 ppm sulfur, and/or less than about 5 ppm nitrogen species. The resulting fuel is a drop-in fuel that provides clean burning with little to no engine deposit, high lubricity, high stability, and low corrosion.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2013Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Primus Green Energy Inc.Inventors: Howard L. Fang, Meifang Qin, Moshe Ben-Reuven
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Publication number: 20140114105Abstract: A process can include making a bio-diesel, a bio-naphtha, and optionally bio-propane from a complex mixture of natural occurring fats & oils. The complex mixture can be subjected to a refining treatment for removing a major part of non-triglyceride and non-fatty acid components to obtain refined oils. The refined oils can be subjected to a fractionation step to obtain a substantially unsaturated liquid triglyceride part (phase L), and a substantially saturated solid triglyceride part (phase S). The phase L can transformed into alkyl-esters as bio-diesel by a transesterification. The phase S can be transformed into substantially linear paraffin's as the bio-naphtha by an hydrodeoxygenation. Fatty acids can be obtained from the phase S and transformed into substantially linear paraffin's as the bio-naphtha by hydrodeoxygenation or decarboxylation. Fatty acids soaps can be obtained from the phase S that are transformed into substantially linear paraffin's as the bio-naphtha by decarboxylation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS RESEARCH FELUYInventors: Walter Vermeiren, Francois Bouvart, Nicolas Dubut
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Patent number: 8696937Abstract: A process for obtaining petrochemical products from a carbonaceous feedstock is provided. The carbonaceous feedstock may be coal, coke, lignite, biomass, bitumen and the like. The carbonaceous feedstock is pulverized and fed to a pyrolysis reactor where the feedstock is pyrolyzed at 700-1000° C. at a pressure of 2-25 bar for 2-10 seconds, wherein the feedstock is entrained in hot syngas during the pyrolysis process.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Inventor: Keki Hormusji Gharda
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Patent number: 8686206Abstract: Synthetic fuels are produced from synthesis gas in a four-stage reactor system with a single recycle loop providing the requisite thermal capacity to moderate the high heat release of the reactions and to provide the reactants and reaction environments for the efficient operation of the process. The first stage converts a portion of the synthesis gas to methanol, the second stage converts the methanol to dimethylether, the third stage converts the methanol and dimethylether to fuel and the fourth stage converts the high melting point component, durene, and other low volatility aromatic components such as tri- and tetra-methylbenzenes to high octane branched paraffins.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Primus Green Energy Inc.Inventors: Howard L. Fang, Moshe Ben-Reuven, Richard E. Boyle, Robert M. Koros
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Patent number: 8679320Abstract: A process for reforming a hydrocarbon stream is presented. The process involves splitting a naphtha feedstream to at least two feedstreams and passing each feedstream to separation reformers. The reformers are operated under different conditions to utilize the differences in the reaction properties of the different hydrocarbon components. The process utilizes a common catalyst, and common downstream processes for recovering the desired aromatic compounds generated.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Manuela Serban, Antoine Negiz, Kurt M. VandenBussche
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Publication number: 20140051872Abstract: The present invention provides catalysts, methods, and reactor systems for converting oxygenated hydrocarbons to oxygenated compounds. The invention includes methods for producing cyclic ethers, monooxygenates, dioxygenates, ketones, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, and alcohols from oxygenated hydrocarbons, such as carbohydrates, sugars, sugar alcohols, sugar degradation products, and the like, using catalysts containing palladium, molybdenum, tin, and tungsten. The oxygenated compounds produced are useful in the production of liquid fuels, chemicals, and other products.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Virent, Inc.Inventors: Brian Blank, Randy Cortright, Taylor Beck, Elizabeth Woods, Mike Jehring
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Publication number: 20140046106Abstract: A reforming process using a medium pore zeolite under conditions to facilitate the conversion of C8 paraffinic compounds to para-xylene is provided. Para-xylene is produced at greater than thermodynamic equilibrium concentrations using the process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Cong-Yan Chen, Stephen J. Miller, James N. Ziemer
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Patent number: 8648218Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosure, a method for preparing a phenolic compound is provided. The method includes providing a lignin depolymerization product, and hydrogenating the lignin depolymerization product under iron oxide and hydrogen gas to prepare a phenolic compound. The prepared phenolic compound is a crude phenolic composition including phenol, methylphenol, dimethylphenol or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Chiung-Fang Liu, Chih-Ching Chen, Chih-Hao Chen, Pei-Jung Yu, Ying-Hsi Chang, Hou-Peng Wan, Hom-Ti Lee
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Patent number: 8617384Abstract: A process for maximizing p-xylene production begins by producing a naphtha fraction and a light cycle oil fraction from a fluid catalytic cracking zone. The gasoline and light cycle oil fractions are combined and hydrotreated to produce a hydrotreated product. Fractionation of the hydrotreated product in a fractionation zone makes a light ends cut, a naphtha cut, a hydrocracker feed and an unconverted oil fraction. The hydrocracker feed is sent to a hydrocracking zone to make a hydrocracker product, which is then recycled back to the fractionation zone, feeding the hydrocracker product above an outlet for the hydrocracker feed, but below an outlet for the naphtha cut. The naphtha cut goes to a dehydrogenation zone where hydrogen is removed to make aromatics from naphthenes to make a dehydrogenated naphtha. The dehydrogenated naphtha is fed to an aromatics recovery unit to recover p-xylene and other aromatics.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2011Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Robert Haizmann, Laura E. Leonard
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Publication number: 20130324775Abstract: A process for preparing aromatic compounds from a liquid biofuel feedstock by introducing the feedstock into a hydroreforming stage in the presence of hydrogen and a hydroreforming catalyst that contains a transition metal of a group 3 to 12 element and an activated carbon, silicon carbide, silica, transition alumina, alumina-silica, zirconium oxide, cerium oxide, titanium oxide, or an aluminate of a transition metal substrate, to obtain a liquid effluent that contains an aqueous phase and an organic phase, a stage for hydrotreatment of the organic phase, a hydrocracking stage, recycling a fraction that boils higher than 160° C. in said hydrocracking stage, a separation into a fraction containing naphtha and a fraction that boils higher than 160° C., a stage for catalytic reforming of the fraction containing naphtha to obtain hydrogen and a reformate that contains aromatic compounds and a stage for separation of the aromatic compounds of the reformate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Inventors: Alain QUIGNARD, Olivier THINON, Hugues DULOT, Raphael HUYGHE
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Publication number: 20130324772Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a fluid hydrocarbon product, and more specifically, to a method for producing a fluid hydrocarbon product via catalytic pyrolysis. The reactants comprise hydrocarbonaceous materials (e.g., biomass). The catalyst comprises a zeolite catalyst treated with a silicone compound. The product comprises p-xylene.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSInventors: George W. Huber, Yu-Ting Cheng, Zhuopeng Wang, Wei Fan
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Patent number: 8586809Abstract: A guard bed or absorber is placed upstream of a transalkylation reactor to avoid deposition of halide and/or halogen species on the catalysts in said reactor.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: James H. Beech, Jr., Julia E. Steinheider, Doron Levin, Selma S. Lawrence
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Publication number: 20130291432Abstract: A gasoline blending components production system useful for producing both aromatics and gasoline blending components from naphtha. The production system includes a light hydrocracked naphtha splitter, a medium hydrocracked naphtha splitter, a naphtha hydrotreater, an isomerization unit, a continuous catalytic reformer and aromatics complex. The production system is operable to produce both refined benzene and para-xylene products in addition to medium hydrocracked naphtha, isomerate, a C7s cut and a C9+ cut, which are useful for gasoline blending without additional treatment. A method for producing gasoline blending components while maximizing aromatic production includes introducing both stabilized hydrocracked naphtha to the light hydrocracked naphtha splitter and straight run naphtha to the naphtha hydrotreater. Operating the production system produces three types of hydrocracked naphtha: a light hydrocracked naphtha, a medium hydrocracked naphtha and a heavy hydrocracked naphtha.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Fahad Al-Therwi, Noaman AI-Fudail, Mansoor Aleidi
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Publication number: 20130296623Abstract: 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 to C12+ olefinic and aromatic hydrocarbons is recovered from the first stream and blended said second stream with a residual fraction from a steam cracker or an atmospheric or vacuum distillation unit to produce a third stream. The third stream is then catalytically pyrolyzed in a reactor under conditions effective to produce a fourth stream having an increased benzene and/or toluene content compared with said second stream and a C3-olefin by-product. The C3-olefin by-product is recovered and benzene and/or toluene are recovered from the fourth stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Larry L. Iaccino, Stephen M. Davis, Steven E. Silverberg
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Patent number: 8556999Abstract: The present invention provides non-petroleum high-octane fuel derived from biomass sources, and a method of producing same. The method of production involves reducing the biomass feedstocks to sugars, fermenting the sugars using microorganisms or mutagens thereof to produce ethanol or acetic acid, converting the acetic acid or ethanol to acetone, and converting the acetone to mesitylene and isopentane, the major components of the renewable engine fuel. Trimerization of acetone can be carried out in the presence of a catalyst containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of niobium, iron and manganese. The ethanol can be converted to mesitylene in a dehydration reaction in the presence of a catalyst of zinc oxide/calcium oxide, and unreacted ethanol and water separated from mesitylene by distillation.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Swift Fuels, LLCInventors: John J Rusek, Mary-Louise Rusek, Jonathon D Ziulkowski, Justin D Zink
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Patent number: 8558046Abstract: The present invention is for a process for the alkylation of aromatic compounds, with a shape-selective zeolite catalyst. The process has reactors in series with C8+ aromatics being separated from the product stream effluents from each reactor before passing the reactor effluent to the next reactor with an additional input of methanol. The C8+ aromatics are separated into para-xylene and other C8+ aromatics. This process is applicable for toluene methylation having a molar excess of toluene:methanol. i.e., greater than 1:1, with a shape-selective catalyst of an aluminosilicate zeolite, such as ZSM-5 which has been modified with phosphorus, to produce para-xylene (p-xylene).Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries CorporationInventors: Frederick Merrill Galloway, Jr., Ashim Kumar Ghosh, Mohammad Shafiei, Peter N. Loezos
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Publication number: 20130267746Abstract: The inventive process is directed to the production of xylenes through integration of aromatics methylation and transalkylation. This integrated process maximizes the production of xylenes and eliminates or minimizes the production of benzene.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: GTC Technology US LLCInventors: Zhongyi Ding, Weihua Jin, Joseph C. Gentry, Mircea Cretoiu
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Publication number: 20130245293Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing ethylene and/or propylene, comprising the steps of providing a hydrocarbon stream, comprising C4+ normal olefins and C4+ iso-olefins; converting C4+ isoolefins to tert-alkyl ether and separating the ethers from the hydrocarbon stream; isomersing the C4+ normal olefins to iso-olefins and converting C4+ isoolefins to tert-alkyl ether and separating the ethers from the hydrocarbon stream; converting the obtained tert-alkyl ether to ethylene and propylene by contacting the tert-alkyl ether with a molecular sieve-comprising catalyst and retrieving an olefinic product.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANYInventors: Sivakumar SADASIVAN VIJAYAKUMARI, Jeroen VAN WESTRENEN
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Publication number: 20130245295Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing ethylene and propylene and a butadiene-enriched product, comprising the steps of: a) providing a C4 hydrocarbon stream, comprising iso-olefins and butadiene. b) subjecting the C4 hydrocarbon stream to an etherification process, wherein the iso-olefins are converted with methanol and/or ethanol to an tert-alkyl ether in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the molar ratio of alcohol to iso-olefin is maintained above 1, and retrieving an etherification product stream; c) separating the etherification product stream into an ether-enriched stream and a butadiene-enriched product; d) converting the tert-alkyl ether in the ether-enriched stream to ethylene and/or propylene by contacting least part of the ether-enriched stream with a molecular sieve-comprising catalyst at a temperature in the range of from 350 to 1000° C. and retrieving an olefinic product comprising ethylene and/or propylene.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANYInventor: Jeroen VAN WESTRENEN
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Publication number: 20130245221Abstract: The present invention provides a process preparing ethylene and propylene, comprising the step of: a) contacting a feed comprising a tert alkyl ether obtained from an etherification reaction between ethanol and a tertiary iso-olefin with a zeolite-comprising catalyst at a temperature in the range of from 350 to 1000° C. to obtain a olefinic product comprising ethylene and propylene.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANYInventors: Leslie Andrew CHEWTER, Sivakumar SADASIVAN VIJAYAKUMARI, Jeroen VAN WESTRENEN
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Publication number: 20130245291Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing ethylene and/or propylene, comprising the steps of contacting a stream comprising C4+ olefins with a zeolite-comprising catalyst at a temperature in the range of from 350 to 1000° C. and retrieving an olefinic product stream comprising: ethylene and/or propylene, and a C4+ hydrocarbon fraction, comprising paraffins, normal olefins and iso-olefins; The C4+ hydrocarbon fraction is recycled while part of the fraction is purged. The part of the C4+ hydrocarbon with is purged is treated to extract C4+ isoolefins as tert-alkyl ethers. At least part of tert-alkyl ethers are converted to further ethylene and propylene.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANYInventors: Sivakumar SADASIVAN VIJAYAKUMARI, Jeroen VAN WESTRENEN
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Publication number: 20130245292Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing ethylene and/or propylene and an iso-olefin-depleted olefinic product, comprising the steps of: a) providing a C5 hydrocarbon-comprising stream, comprising C5 cyclopentene and C5 iso-olefins; b) subjecting the C5 hydrocarbon-comprising stream to an etherification process with methanol and/or ethanol wherein at least part of the C5 iso-olefins are converted with methanol and/or ethanol to an tert-alkyl ether, and retrieving an etherification product stream; c) separating at least part of the etherification product stream into at least an ether-enriched stream and a first iso-olefin-depleted olefinic product; d) converting at least part of the tert-alkyl ether in the ether-enriched stream to ethylene and/or propylene by contacting at least part of the ether-enriched stream with a molecular sieve-comprising catalyst at a temperature in the range of from 350 to 1000° C. and retrieving a second olefinic product comprising ethylene and/or propylene.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANYInventors: Leslie Andrew CHEWTER, Rajaram RAMESH, Sivakumar SADASIVAN VIJAYAKUMARI, Jeroen VAN WESTRENEN
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Publication number: 20130245290Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing ethylene and propylene, comprising the step of: a) contacting a feed comprising methanol, ethanol and C4+ olefins with a catalyst, comprising ZSM-5 having a silica to alumina ratio in the range of from 40 to 100, at a temperature in the range of from 350 to 1000° C. to obtain a olefinic product comprising ethylene and propylene.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANYInventors: Sivakumar SADASIVAN VIJAYAKUMARI, Jeroen VAN WESTRENEN
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Publication number: 20130237730Abstract: A process of producing isopropyl benzene which solves the problem of high amount of n-propyl benzene according to the prior art. The process separates the polyisopropyl benzene through a suitable rectification into two streams of relatively lighter and heavier components, wherein the content of diisopropylbenzene in the stream of relatively lighter components is controlled to be at least greater than 95 wt %, and the content of tri-isopropyl benzene in the stream of relatively heavier components is controlled to be at least greater than 0.5 wt %. Such a technical solution subjecting the two streams respectively to the transalkylation solves the problem raised from the prior art, and is useful for the industrial production of isopropyl benzene.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2011Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicants: Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, SINOPEC, China Petroleum & Chemical CorporationInventors: Huanxin Gao, Bin Zhou, Yilun Wei, Ruifang Gu, Hua Fang, Shufang Ji, Hui Yao
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Publication number: 20130237715Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing ethylene and/or propylene, comprising the steps of: a) providing an oxygenate-comprising feedstock; b) contacting the oxygenate-comprising feedstock with a molecular sieve-comprising catalyst at a temperature in the range of from 450 to 700° C. and converting at least part of the oxygenate into an olefinic product comprising ethylene and/or propylene; and c) retrieving the olefinic product, wherein the oxygenate-comprising feedstock comprises in the range of from 1 to 97 wt % of at least one tert-alkyl ether selected from the group MTBE, ETBE, TAME and TAEE, based on the weight of the oxygenates in the oxygenate-comprising feedstock, and further comprises methanol and/or DME.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANYInventors: Leslie Andrew CHEWTER, Rajaram RAMESH, Jeroen VAN WESTRENEN
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Publication number: 20130237713Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing ethylene and/or propylene, comprising the steps of contacting a stream comprising C4+ olefins with a zeolite-comprising catalyst to retrieve an olefinic product stream comprising ethylene and/or propylene, and a C4+ hydrocarbon fraction, comprising paraffins, normal olefins and iso-olefins. The C4+ hydrocarbon fraction is subjected to an etherification process with wherein at least part of the iso-olefins are converted with methanol and/or ethanol to an tert-alkyl ether and an etherification product stream is retrieved and separated into an ether-enriched stream and an iso-olefin-depleted C4+ hydrocarbon stream. Part of the iso-olefin-depleted C4+ hydrocarbon stream from the process to purge part of the paraffinic C4+ hydrocarbons while another part of the iso-olefin-depleted C4+ hydrocarbon stream is recycled.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANYInventors: Leslie Andrew CHEWTER, Rajaram RAMESH, Jeroen VAN WESTRENEN
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Patent number: 8524961Abstract: A process for maximizing p-xylene production includes producing a naphtha fraction and a light cycle oil fraction from a fluid catalytic cracking zone. These fractions are combined and hydrotreated. Fractionation of the hydrotreated product makes a hydrocracker feed that is sent to a hydrocracking zone to make a naphtha cut and a hydrocracker product. The hydrocracker product is recycled back to the fractionation zone, and the naphtha cut is dehydrogenated in a dehydrogenation zone to make aromatics. Reforming catalyst from a catalyst regenerator moves downward through the dehydrogenation zone. Straight run naphtha and raffinate from the aromatics unit are introduced to an additional series of reforming zones. The reforming catalyst moves in parallel through the first reforming zone and the dehydrogenation zones, then is combined for entry to the second and subsequent reforming zones prior to regeneration.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Robert Haizmann, Laura E. Leonard
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Publication number: 20130214207Abstract: A process for obtaining petrochemical products from a carbonaceous feedstock is provided. The carbonaceous feedstock may be coal, coke, lignite, biomass, bitumen and the like. The carbonaceous feedstock is pulverized and fed to a pyrolysis reactor where the feedstock is pyrolyzed at 700-1000° C. at a pressure of 2-25 bar for 2-10 seconds, wherein the feedstock is entrained in hot syngas during the pyrolysis process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2011Publication date: August 22, 2013Inventor: Keki Hormusji Gharda
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Patent number: 8507396Abstract: A process for regenerating a used acidic catalyst which has been deactivated by conjunct polymers by removing the conjunct polymers so as to increase the activity of the catalyst is disclosed. Methods for removing the conjunct polymers include addition of a basic reagent and alkylation. The methods are applicable to all acidic catalysts and are described with reference to certain ionic liquid catalysts.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Saleh Elomari, Thomas V. Harris
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Publication number: 20130197286Abstract: The process concerns ethylbenzene conversion and xylene isomerization with a catalyst pretreated by sulfiding.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Inventors: Chunshe Cao, Jeffrey L. Andrews, Michel Molinier
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Publication number: 20130165719Abstract: A reforming process includes an endpoint reduction zone for converting C11+ components via selective hydrogenation and hydrodealkylation to lower boiling point aromatics, such as benzene, toluene, and xylene, or their single ring aromatic C9-C10 precursors.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: UOP LLCInventor: UOP LLC
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Publication number: 20130165720Abstract: A new family of coherently grown composites of TUN and IMF zeotypes have been synthesized. These zeolites are represented by the empirical formula. NanMmk+TtAl1-xExSiyOz where “n” is the mole ratio of Na to (Al+E), M represents a metal or metals from zinc, Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 and or the lanthanide series of the periodic table, “m” is the mole ratio of M to (Al+E), “k” is the average charge of the metal or metals M, T is the organic structure directing agent or agents, and E is a framework element such as gallium. These zeolites are similar to TNU-9 and IM-5 but are characterized by unique compositions and synthesis procedures and have catalytic properties for carrying out various hydrocarbon conversion processes and separation properties for carrying out various separations.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: UOP LLCInventor: UOP LLC
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Publication number: 20130165698Abstract: Methods and systems for co-producing higher hydrocarbons and glycols from bio-based feedstocks containing carbohydrates are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANYInventor: Joseph Broun POWELL