Patent ID: 9127217
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: C10G

Abstract:
1. A process of upgrading a highly aromatic hydrocarbon feedstream to a product stream having a boiling range within a jet boiling range, the process comprising: (a) contacting a highly aromatic hydrocarbon feedstream, having a normal paraffin content of greater than at least about 5 wt %, wherein a major portion of the feedstream has a boiling range of from about 300° F. to about 800° F. and wherein the feedstream has an aromatic content of at least 40 wt % and a sulfur content up to 3 wt %, under catalytic conditions with a catalyst system, containing a hydrotreating catalyst, a hydrogenation/hydrocracking catalyst, and non-Group VIB or Group VIII metal hydrogenation component-containing zeolitic dewaxing catalyst in a single stage reactor system, wherein the active metals in the hydrogenation/hydrocracking catalyst comprises from about 20%-30% by weight of nickel and from about 5%-30% by weight tungsten; wherein the single stage reactor system comprises a hydrotreating section and a hydrocracking section and further wherein the hydrocracking section comprises the hydrocracking catalyst and the dewaxing catalyst, wherein the dewaxing catalyst is layered with the hydrocracking catalyst or the dewaxing catalyst is blended with the hydrocracking catalyst; and (b) wherein at least a portion of said highly aromatic hydrocarbon feedstream is converted to the product stream having a boiling range within the jet boiling range, and further wherein the product stream has a net heat of combustion of greater than 125.000 Btu/gal and an aromatic saturation that is greater than 70 wt. %.