Patent ID: 6656348
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: C10G

Abstract:
A process for hydrodesulfurization a hydrocarbon feed with a flow rate of hydrogen-containing gas and a volume of catalyst to produce a product having a reduced content of sulfur comprising the steps of:providing a hydrocarbon feed; feeding said hydrocarbon feed and a first portion of said flow rate of hydrogen-containing gas cocurrently to a first hydrodesulfurization zone containing a first portion of said catalyst so as to provide a first hydrocarbon product; providing an additional hydrodesulfurization zone containing a remainder of said catalyst; feeding said first hydrocarbon product cocurrently with a remainder of said flow rate of hydrogen-containing gas to said additional hydrodelsulfurization zone so as to provide a final hydrocarbon product, wherein said first portion of said hydrogen-containing gas is between about 50 and about 70% vol. of said flow rate of said hydrogen-containing gas, and said first portion of said catalyst is between about 30 and about 50% wt. of said volume of catalyst.