Patent ID: 7230148
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: C10G

Abstract:
1. A process for the hydrogenation of aromatics in a hydrocarbon feedstock, comprising: contacting said hydrocarbon feedstock, which contains aromatics in the range of from 1 w % to 80 w % and thiopheneic compounds in the range of from 0.1 ppm to 50 ppm, with an activated bulk nickel catalyst contained within a reactor, having a reactor inlet and a reactor outlet, and wherein said activated bulk nickel catalyst has a nickel content in the range of from about 20 w % to about 80 w %, based on said activated bulk nickel catalyst, at a start of the run reaction temperature in the range of from about 140° C. to about 225° C.; and yielding a treated hydrocarbon feedstock having a reduced aromatics concentration of less than 0.2 w %.