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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hugh M. Putman, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Catalytic Distillation Technologies, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 4/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 4/502 ;
Abstract
A process for the hydrodesulfurization of a diesel boiling range petroleum fraction wherein the hydrodesulfurization is carried out concurrently with a fractional distillation in a distillation column reactor containing a catalyst bed. The diesel is fed above the catalyst bed and hydrogen is fed below the bed. The heat for the distillation is provided by the heat of reaction of the hydrodesulfurization.