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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2021
Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Alok Srivastava, Houston, TX (US);
Rodney S. Smith, Edinburgh, GB;
James P. Chapman, Houston, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Engineering and Technology Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to processes, apparatuses, and systems for the removal of sulfur compounds from a heavy hydrocarbon feed as part of steam cracking processes to produce light olefins. In at least one embodiment, the process includes introducing a hydrocarbon feed having a first sulfur content to a steam cracker to produce a steam cracker effluent having a second sulfur content less than the first sulfur content. The process includes introducing the steam cracker effluent to a fractionation system to produce a light hydrocarbon product stream having a third sulfur content less than the second sulfur content.