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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2001
Richard O. Moore, Jr., San Rafael, CA (US);
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method for hydroprocessing Fischer-Tropsch products. The invention in particular relates to an integrated method for producing liquid fuels from a hydrocarbon stream provided by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. The method involves separating the Fischer-Tropsch products into a light fraction and a heavy fraction. The heavy fraction is subjected to hydrocracking conditions, preferably through multiple catalyst beds, to reduce the chain length. The products of the hydrocracking reaction following the last catalyst bed, optionally after a hydroisomerization step, are combined with the light fraction. The combined fractions are hydrotreated, and, optionally, hydroisomerized. The hydrotreatment conditions hydrogenate double bonds, reduce oxygenates to paraffins, and desulfurize and denitrify the products. Hydroisomerization converts at least a portion of the linear paraffins into isoparaffins.