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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2011
Mark D. Moser, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Kurt M. Vandenbussche, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
David A. Wegerer, Lisle, IL (US);
Gregory J. Gajda, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Mark D. Moser, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Kurt M. VandenBussche, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
David A. Wegerer, Lisle, IL (US);
Gregory J. Gajda, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
A process is presented for the increasing the yields of aromatics from reforming a hydrocarbon feedstream. The process includes splitting a naphtha feedstream into a light hydrocarbon stream, and a heavier stream having a relatively rich concentration of naphthenes. The heavy stream is reformed to convert the naphthenes to aromatics and the resulting product stream is further reformed with the light hydrocarbon stream to increase the aromatics yields. The catalyst is passed through the reactors in a sequential manner.