Patent ID: 9187703
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: C01B,C07C,C10G

Abstract:
1. An integrated catalytic reforming system comprising: a reforming unit including an inlet in fluid communication with a conduit for receiving a hydrotreated naphtha stream and a recycle conduit, the reformer also including an outlet for discharging a gasoline reformate product stream; a fractionation unit reformate splitter including an inlet in direct fluid communication with the outlet of the reforming unit, one or more relatively benzene-rich fraction outlets and one or more relatively benzene-lean fraction outlets; a hydrogenation unit including a hydrogen inlet, a benzene-rich fraction inlet and a cyclohexane-rich product outlet, the benzene-rich fraction inlet being in direct fluid communication with at least one of the fractionation unit reformate splitter benzene-rich fraction outlets; and the recycle conduit being in fluid communication with the hydrogenation unit cyclohexane-rich product outlet and the reforming unit inlet for recycling at least a portion of the cyclohexane-rich product to the reforming unit.