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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2001
Tom N. Kalnes, LaGrange, IL (US);
Stephen R. Dunne, Algonquin, IL (US);
Vasant P. Thakkar, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
Heavy hydrocarbons are upgraded to higher value distillates in a hydrocarbon conversion process which employs several parallel on-stream reaction zones which each contain both hydrotreating and hydrocracking catalyst beds. The feed and liquid recycled from the bottom of the reaction zone is charged to the top of the uppermost catalyst bed. Hydrogen flow in the reaction zones is countercurrent to the descending liquid, and products are removed as vapor. The flow of feed to one of the reaction zones is periodically stopped to allow sequential on-stream hydrogenative regeneration of the catalysts within the reaction zones. This allows continuous commercial operation at conditions which are otherwise unfeasible.