Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc.

Exxonmobil Chemical Company

Khavinet Lourvanij

Stephen Harold Brown

James Waldecker

The present invention relates to a process for reducing the Bromine Index of a hydrocarbon feedstock having at least 50 wt. % of Caromatics, comprising the step of contacting the hydrocarbon feedstock with a catalyst at conversion conditions, wherein the catalyst includes a molecular sieve having a zeolite structure type of MWW.

Process for reducing bromine index of hydrocarbon feedstocks

Process for reducing bromine index of hydrocarbon feedstock

This invention relates to a process for reducing the Bromine Index of a hydrocarbon feedstock having less than 5 wppm oxygenates-oxygen, comprising the step of contacting the feedstock with a catalyst at conversion conditions to form a first effluent, wherein the catalyst includes a molecular sieve having a zeolite structure type of MWW.

Process for reducing Bromine Index of hydrocarbon feedstocks

The present invention relates to a process for stripping hydrocarbons from a catalyst, comprising the step of contacting the catalyst with steam at stripping conditions, wherein the catalyst comprises a molecular sieve having a structure type of MWW, the steam comprises at least 90 wt. % vapor phase HO, the stripping conditions comprise a temperature range from about 100&#xb0; C. to about 250&#xb0; C., a pressure less than 310 kpa-a, and a WHSV range from about 0.01 to about 100 hr.

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