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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2006
Applicants:
James J. Schorfheide, Oak Hill, VA (US);
Sean C. Smyth, Schoten, BE;
Bal K. Kaul, Fairfax, VA (US);
David L. Stern, Fairfax, VA (US);
Inventors:
James J. Schorfheide, Oak Hill, VA (US);
Sean C. Smyth, Schoten, BE;
Bal K. Kaul, Fairfax, VA (US);
David L. Stern, Fairfax, VA (US);
Assignee:
Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 45/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to an improved hydrotreating process for removing sulfur from naphtha and distillate feedstreams. This improved process utilizes a hydrotreating zone, an acid gas removal zone, and a pressure swing adsorption zone having a total cycle time of less than about 30 seconds for increasing the concentration of hydrogen utilized in the process.