Patent ID: 8921633
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: C07C,C10G

Abstract:
1. A hydrocarbon upgrading process comprising: (a) treating a hydrocarbon feed in at least one of a steam cracker, catalytic cracker, coker, hydrocracker, and reformer under suitable conditions to produce a first stream comprising olefinic and aromatic hydrocarbons; (b) recovering from said first stream a second stream composed mainly of C (c) blending said second stream with a residual fraction from a steam cracker or an atmospheric or vacuum distillation unit to produce a third stream; (d) catalytically pyrolyzing said third stream in a reactor under conditions effective to produce a fourth stream having an increased benzene and/or toluene content compared with said second stream and a C (e) recovering C (f) recovering benzene and/or toluene from said fourth stream.