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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harold Unger, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
Morgan C Sze, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Roger P Van Driesen, Titusville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The Lummus Company, , DE (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ; C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208 59 ; 208 / ; 208 86 ; 208 95 ; 208108 ; 208 99 ; 208299 ;
Abstract
In a hydrogenation operation employing an ebullated catalytic bed, recycle is recovered from the hydrogenated product with at least 25%, by volume, of the recycle boiling above 950.degree. F. The recycle is cooled to a temperature of from 350.degree. to 600.degree. F. to separate coke precursors, prior to recycle to the hydrogenation. Higher conversion levels can be achieved by effecting recycle in such manner.