Patent ID: 9062259
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: C10G

Abstract:
1. A process for catalytically cracking and oxidatively desulfurizing a hydrocarbon feedstock containing organosulfur compounds to thereby recover a product stream including lower boiling hydrocarbon components and having a reduced concentration of organosulfur compounds as compared to the hydrocarbon feedstock, the process comprising the steps of: a. combining the hydrocarbon feedstock, an effective amount of oxygen containing gas, an effective amount of heated cracking catalyst and optionally an effective amount of heterogeneous catalyst containing oxidation functionality to form a suspension; b. maintaining the suspension through a reaction zone of a fluid catalytic cracking reactor apparatus to; c. separating and recovering cracked components and the cracking catalyst particles; d. regenerating at least a portion of the separated cracking catalyst particles; and e. returning at least a portion of the regenerated cracking catalyst particles with the hydrocarbon feedstock and oxygen containing gas in step (a).