Patent ID: 11920093
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 8:
9. The process of claim 1, comprising contacting the at least one isoparaffin-rich stream with hydrogen in the presence of an isomerization catalyst in the reverse isomerization unit at one or more of the following reaction conditions:
a reverse isomerization temperature of from 20° C. to 400° C.;
a reverse isomerization pressure of from 1000 kPa to 10,000 kPa (10 bars to 100 bars);
a liquid hourly space velocity of from 0.2 hour−1 to 20 hour−1;
a mole ratio of hydrogen to hydrocarbons of from 0.01 to 20; or
combinations of these operating conditions.