Patent ID: 9476000
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: C10G

Claim Text:
1. A process for hydrotreating full range naphtha, the process comprising: (a) passing a heavy naphtha fraction to a vapor-liquid separation unit to produce a vapor stream comprising naphtha hydrocarbons and a heavy naphtha liquid stream; (b) passing the vapor stream to a charge heater; (c) passing the vapor stream from the charge heater to a first catalyst bed of a hydrotreating reactor vessel; (d) passing a liquid stream comprising naphtha hydrocarbons and an effluent from the first catalyst bed to a second catalyst bed of the hydrotreating reactor vessel; and (e) recovering a hydrotreated product stream from the hydrotreating reactor vessel; wherein the first and second catalyst beds are arranged in series within the hydrotreating reactor vessel, and the second catalyst bed is downstream of the first catalyst bed.