Patent ID: 9303220
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: C10G

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus to produce diesel comprising: a hydrotreating reactor in which a hydrocarbonaceous feedstock is hydrotreated to produce a hydrotreated stream; a first stripping section comprising a column and a first stripping stream inlet, said first stripping section in communication with said hydrotreating reactor in which light gases are stripped from said hydrotreated stream; a saturation reactor in communication with said first stripping section in which aromatics are saturated; a second stripping section comprising a column and a second stripping stream inlet, said second stripping section in communication with said saturation reactor in which light gases are stripped from a saturated stream; a fractionation column in communication with said second stripping section wherein a diesel stream and a bottoms stream are separately recovered from the fractionation column; and wherein the fractionation column is in downstream communication with the second stripping section.