Patent ID: 8329028
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
1. A liquid phase hydrocarbon conversion process comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of moving bed reactors including: a first moving bed reactor including a first reaction zone containing catalyst; and a second moving bed reactor including a second reaction zone containing catalyst; transferring catalyst from the first reaction zone of the first moving bed reactor to the second reaction zone of the second moving bed reactor; passing a liquid phase hydrocarbon feed stream to the first reactor, wherein the hydrocarbon feed stream flows through the first reaction zone and undergoes a hydrocarbon conversion reaction in the first reaction zone to produce a first reactor effluent stream; passing the first reactor effluent stream to the second reactor, the first reactor effluent stream having a pressure at the inlet to the second reactor that is lower than the pressure of the first reactor effluent stream at the outlet of the first reactor, wherein the first reactor effluent stream flows through the second reaction zone and undergoes a hydrocarbon conversion reaction in the second reaction zone to produce a second reactor effluent stream; and removing the second reactor effluent stream from the second reactor.