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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2014
Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Nikolaos Soultanidis, Houston, TX (US);
Mayank Shekhar, Houston, TX (US);
John S. Coleman, Fairfax, VA (US);
Jeevan S. Abichandani, Houston, TX (US);
Stephen J. McCarthy, Center Valley, PA (US);
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Abstract
Processes for catalytically converting oxygenates to hydrocarbon products having an increased C-Caromatics content therein. A first mixture comprising ≧10.0 wt. % of at least one oxygenate, based on the weight of the first mixture, contacts a catalyst in a fluidized bed reactor to produce a product stream including water, one or more hydrocarbons comprising ≧30.0 wt. % of aromatics, based on the weight of the hydrocarbons in the product stream, hydrogen, and one or more oxygenates. The catalyst comprises at least one molecular sieve, a binder, and at least one element selected from Groups 2-14 of the Periodic Table. At least one water-rich stream, at least one aromatic-rich hydrocarbon stream, and at least one aromatic-depleted hydrocarbon stream are separated from the product stream, and at least a portion of one of the aromatic-rich hydrocarbon stream or the aromatic-depleted hydrocarbon stream is recycled back to the reactor.