Equistar Chemicals, LP

Lyondell Chemical Technology, L.p.

Kenneth M Webber

Mark P Kaminsky

Donald H Powers

Andrew P Kahn

Robert S Bridges

A method for thermally cracking a carboxylic acid containing hydrocarbonaceous feed wherein the feed is first processed in a vaporization step that contains at least one catalyst effective to convert carboxylic acid species to carbon dioxide and hydrocarbon and/or lower molecular weight acids and hydrocarbon.

Processing of acid containing hydrocarbons

A method for thermally cracking an organic acid containing hydrocarbonaceous feed wherein the feed is first processed in a vaporization step, followed by thermal cracking.

A method for processing a gasoline range hydrocarbon stream wherein a single reactor/distillation tower stream is fractionated into a light fraction and a heavy fraction, the light fraction is hydrodesulfurized, the heavy fraction is optionally hydrocracked and then hydrodesulfurized, and the light and heavy fractions are separately recovered.

Hydrodesulfurization of gasoline fractions

A method for forming dihydroDicyclopentadiene comprises mixing a source of dicyclopentadiene with at least one solvent and at least one reactive component in the presence of a source of hydrogen and a selective hydrogenation catalyst, the solvent and reactive component being readily separable from dihydroDicyclopentadiene, and the reactive component and catalyst favoring the formation of dihydroDicyclopentadiene over tetra hydro dicyclopentadiene.

DihydroDicyclopentadiene production

A method for reducing the formation of undesired heavy hydrocarbons when catalytically cracking a heavy olefin containing feed stock to a light olefin product by employing an oxygen containing hydrocarbon as a co-feed stock.

Enhanced production of light olefins

The method of producing high purity isooctane useful as a gasoline blending component from diisobutylene or isooctane contaminated with minor amounts of oxygenated impurities which comprises converting the impurities at conditions of elevated temperature and pressure to hydrocarbon and water and recovering the purified diisobutylene or isooctane stream.

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Kenneth M Webber