Patent ID: 8071834

Claim:
A process for conversion of a hydrocarbon feedstock, comprising the steps of: A) feeding said hydrocarbon feedstock to an adsorption unit; B) adsorbing said hydrocarbon feedstock in said adsorption unit with a solid particulate adsorbent useful for adsorbing at least one component from said hydrocarbon feedstock under adsorption conditions; C) withdrawing adsorbed hydrocarbon feedstock from said adsorption unit; D) desorbing said at least one adsorbed component from said solid particulate adsorbent; E) removing, under said adsorption conditions, a portion of said solid particulate adsorbent while said hydrocarbon feedstock is being fed to said adsorption unit, wherein said portion is more than 0.1 wt. % and less than 90 wt. % of said solid particulate adsorbent in said adsorption unit and wherein said adsorbent removal occurs during a fraction of the time of step (B), said fraction being less than about 95% of the time of step (B); and F) redistributing the remaining solid particulate adsorbent in said adsorption unit.