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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fu-Ming Lee, Katy, TX (US);
Joseph C. Gentry, Houston, TX (US);
Randi Wright Wytcherley, Belgrade, MT (US);
Lucia Cretoiu, Houston, TX (US);
Calambur Shyamkumar, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
GTC Technology Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 4/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 4/500 ;
Abstract
A process for the removal of sulfur compounds from a hydrocarbon stream is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the process includes extractive distillation of a gasoline stream from a fluid catalytic cracker to reject olefins to a raffinate stream and simultaneously extract sulfur compounds to an extract stream.