Jx Nippon Oil Energy Corporation

Chiyoda Corporation

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Nippon Oil Corporation

Nippon Petrochemicals Company, Limited

Eneos Corporation

Jxtg Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation

Jx Nippon Oil & Energy Company

Shinichiro Yanagawa

Masahide Kobayashi

Yasuyuki Iwasa

Ryoji Ida

Susumu Yasui

Yoshishige Sugi

Atsushi Fukui

Atsuro Nagumo

Kazuaki Hayasaka

Yuko Aoki

Yukihiro Yoshiwara

Michikazu Hara

Akira Utatsu

Yuichiro Fujiyama

Yasuhiro Watanabe

Akira Matsuo

Hidesato Kondo

Hideki Minami

Osamu Hirohata

Shunta Sagawa

Shouzou Hayashi

Takashi Aozasa

Shinji Hyodo

A method of producing a lower olefin and BTX from stock oils selected from at least two kinds of oils is provided. The method includes a first catalytic cracking step of bringing one stock oil A into contact with a catalytic cracking catalyst; a second catalytic cracking step of bringing one stock oil B, having an aromatic component content smaller than that of the stock oil A, into contact with the catalytic cracking catalyst; and a separation and collection step of collecting the lower olefins and BTX from a product generated in the first and second catalytic cracking steps. A contact time A during which the stock oil A is in contact with the catalytic cracking catalyst in the first catalytic cracking step is longer than a contact time B during which the stock oil B is in contact with the catalytic cracking catalyst in the second catalytic cracking step.

Method of producing lower olefin and monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having 6 to 8 carbon atoms and device for producing lower olefin and monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having 6 to 8 carbon atoms

A method is provided for producing an aluminosilicate catalyst. The method includes a first phosphorus treatment step of treating a crystalline aluminosilicate with a first phosphorus compound, a mixing and firing step of mixing the phosphorus-treated crystalline aluminosilicate obtained in the first phosphorus treatment step with a binder and then performing firing to form an aluminosilicate mixture, and a second phosphorus treatment step of treating the aluminosilicate mixture with a second phosphorus compound.

Method for producing aluminosilicate catalyst, aluminosilicate catalyst, and method for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

A catalyst is provided for production of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons having a carbon number of 6 to 8 from feedstock in which a 10 vol % distillation temperature is 140&#xb0; C. or higher and a 90 vol % distillation temperature is 380&#xb0; C. or lower. The catalyst contains crystalline aluminosilicate including large-pore zeolite having a 12-membered ring structure, and intermediate-pore zeolite having a 10-membered ring structure.

Method for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

The method for producing a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon includes a cracking and reforming reaction step in which a catalyst for producing a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing crystalline aluminosilicate which has been subjected to a heat treatment in an atmosphere containing water vapor in advance is loaded into a fixed-bed reactor, and a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillate temperature of 140&#xb0; C. or higher and a 90 volume % distillate temperature of 390&#xb0; C. or lower is brought into contact with the catalyst to cause a reaction, so as to obtain a product containing a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having 6 to 8 carbon atoms.

Method for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

A method for producing xylene from feedstock oil includes a cracking/reforming reaction step of bringing the feedstock oil into contact with a catalyst to produce monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; a separation/recovery step of separating and recovering, from a product obtained by the cracking/reforming reaction step, a fraction A containing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons having a 10 vol % distillation temperature of 75&#xb0; C. or higher and a 90 vol % distillation temperature of 140&#xb0; C. or lower, a xylene fraction containing xylene, and a fraction B containing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons having a 10 vol % distillation temperature of 145&#xb0; C. or higher and a 90 vol % distillation temperature of 215&#xb0; C. or lower; and a xylene conversion step of bringing a mixed fraction obtained by mixing the fractions A and B with each other into contact with a catalyst containing a solid acid to convert the mixed fraction into xylene.

Method for producing xylene

A method for producing an olefin and a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon of the present invention includes a dicyclopentadiene removal treatment step of removing dicyclopentadienes having a dicyclopentadiene skeleton from a feedstock oil which is a thermally-cracked heavy oil obtained from an apparatus for producing ethylene and which has a 90 volume % distillate temperature, as a distillation characteristic, of 390&#xb0; C. or lower; and a cracking and reforming reaction step of obtaining a product containing an olefin and a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon by bringing the feedstock oil having a content of dicyclopentadienes adjusted to 10% by weight or less by treating a part or all of the feedstock oil through the dicyclopentadiene removal step into contact with a catalyst and reacting the feedstock oil.

Method for producing olefins and monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by a combination of steam cracking, dicyclopentadiene reduction, and cracking and reforming

A catalyst is provided for production of hydrocarbons including monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons having a carbon number of 6 to 8 and aliphatic hydrocarbons having a carbon number of 3 to 4 from feedstock in which a 10 vol % distillation temperature is 140&#xb0; C. or higher and a 90 vol % distillation temperature is 380&#xb0; C. or lower. The catalyst includes crystalline aluminosilicate including large-pore zeolite having a 12-membered ring structure.

Catalyst for production of hydrocarbons and method of producing hydrocarbons

Method for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons includes a cracking and reforming reaction step of obtaining products containing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons having 6 to 8 carbon atoms and a heavy fraction having 9 or more carbon atoms by bringing the feedstock oil into contact with a catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons containing crystalline aluminosilicate to cause a reaction, a catalyst separation step of separating and removing the catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons together with tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbons contained in the products from a mixture of the products and a small amount of the catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons carried by the products, both of which are derived in the cracking and reforming reaction step, and a purification and recovery step of purifying and recovering the monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons having 6 to 8 carbon atoms which are separated from the products formed in the cracking and reforming reaction step.

The catalyst for producing aromatic hydrocarbon is for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having 6 to 8 carbon number from oil feedstock having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of 140&#xb0; C. or higher and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of 380&#xb0; C. or lower and contains crystalline aluminosilicate and phosphorus. A molar ratio (P/Al ratio) between phosphorus contained in the crystalline aluminosilicate and aluminum of the crystalline aluminosilicate is from 0.1 to 1.0. The production method of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon is a method of bringing oil feedstock having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of 140&#xb0; C. or higher and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of 380&#xb0; C. or lower into contact with the catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.

Catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and production method of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

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&#xb0; C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400&#xb0; 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.

Catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and method for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

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&#xb0; C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400&#xb0; C., or a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140&#xb0; C. and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of not more than 360&#xb0; 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&#xb0; C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400&#xb0; C., or a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140&#xb0; C. and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of not more than 360&#xb0; C., into contact with the above-mentioned catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

A method of producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons includes bringing a light feedstock oil having a 10 vol % distillation temperature of 140&#xb0; C. to 205&#xb0; C. and a 90 vol % distillation temperature of 300&#xb0; C. or lower, which has been prepared from a feedstock oil having a 10 vol % distillation temperature of 140&#xb0; C. or higher and a 90 vol % distillation temperature of 380&#xb0; C. or lower, into contact with a catalyst for monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon production containing a crystalline aluminosilicate, in which a content ratio of monocyclic naphthenobenzenes in the light feedstock oil is adjusted by distillation of the feedstock oil such that the content ratio of monocyclic naphthenobenzenes in the light feedstock oil is higher than a content ratio of monocyclic naphthenobenzenes in the feedstock oil.

A method for producing a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon of the present invention includes a cracking and reforming reaction step of obtaining a product containing a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having 6 to 8 carbon atoms by bringing a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillate temperature of 140&#xb0; C. or higher and a 90 volume % distillate temperature of 390&#xb0; C. or lower and a saturated hydrocarbon having 1 to 3 carbon atoms into contact with a catalyst for producing a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing crystalline aluminosilicate, which is loaded into a fixed-bed reactor, and reacting the feedstock oil and the saturated hydrocarbon.

A method for producing aromatic hydrocarbons, the method including: (a) bringing a feedstock oil such as an LCO into contact with an aromatic production catalyst to obtain a reaction product containing aromatic hydrocarbons, (b) separating the reaction product into a tower top fraction and a tower bottom fraction using a distillation tower, (c) separating the tower top fraction into a crude aromatic fraction containing an LPG fraction, and an off-gas containing hydrogen, (d) separating the crude aromatic fraction containing an LPG fraction into an LPG fraction and a crude aromatic fraction, (e) separating the off-gas containing hydrogen into hydrogen and an off-gas, and (f) using the hydrogen obtained in step (e) to hydrotreat the crude aromatic fraction, thereby obtaining an aromatic fraction.

Method for producing aromatic hydrocarbons and aromatic hydrocarbon production plant

A method of producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons includes bringing a feedstock oil having a 10 vol % distillation temperature of 140&#xb0; C. or higher and a 90 vol % distillation temperature of 380&#xb0; C. or lower, into contact with a catalyst for monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon production containing a crystalline aluminosilicate, in which a content ratio of monocyclic naphthenobenzenes in the feedstock oil is adjusted to 10 mass % to 90 mass %, by mixing a hydrocarbon oil A having a 10 vol % distillation temperature of 140&#xb0; C. or higher and a 90 vol % distillation temperature of 380&#xb0; C. or lower with a hydrocarbon oil B containing more monocyclic naphthenobenzenes than the hydrocarbon oil A.

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