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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2010
Yuichi Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yasumasa Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Kawazuishi, Yokohama, JP;
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inpex Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a method for upgrading hydrocarbon compounds, in which hydrocarbon compounds synthesized in a Fisher-Tropsch synthesis reaction are fractionally distillated, and the fractionally distillated hydrocarbon compounds are hydrotreated to produce liquid fuel products. The method includes fractionally distilling heavy hydrocarbon compounds synthesized in the Fisher-Tropsch synthesis reaction as a liquid into a first middle distillate and a wax fraction, and fractionally distilling light hydrocarbon compounds synthesized in the Fisher-Tropsch synthesis reaction as a gas into a second middle distillate and a light gas fraction.