PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15876286
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["422", "129000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for conversion of light paraffinic gases to form liquid products in a process performed in a fixed bed radial-flow reactor. The light paraffins can correspond to C 3+  paraffins. Examples of liquid products that can be formed include C 6 -C 12  aromatics, such as benzene, toluene, and xylene. The fixed bed radial-flow reactor can allow for improved control over the reaction conditions for paraffin conversion in spite of the fixed bed nature of the reactor. This can allow the process to operate with improved efficiency while reducing or minimizing the complexity of operation relative to non-fixed bed reactor systems.

Claim (Index 13):
A method for processing a paraffin-containing feed, comprising:\n exposing a feed comprising about 30 vol % to about 70 vol % of C 3+  paraffins to one or more fixed beds of a conversion catalyst to form a conversion effluent comprising C 6 -C 12  aromatics, the one or more fixed beds of the conversion catalyst comprising fixed beds in one or more radial flow reactors, a combined pressure drop across the one or more fixed beds being less than about 100 kPag, the one or more radial flow reactors comprising:\n an outer annular volume defined by an interior of a reactor wall and an exterior of a gas-permeable wall, the interior of the reactor wall defining an outer annular radius R1; \n a central volume defined by the interior of a central column and a column cap, the interior of the central column defining a column radius R3; and \n an inner annular volume defined by an interior of the gas-permeable wall, an exterior of the central column, an inner annular top, and an inner annular bottom, the interior of the gas-permeable wall defining an inner annular radius R2, the inner annular volume comprising a catalyst bed, the inner annular volume being in direct fluid communication with the outer annular volume through the gas-permeable wall, the inner annular volume being in direct fluid communication with the central volume through the central column, \n wherein the conversion catalyst comprises catalyst particles comprising an equivalent particle diameter d P,e , \n wherein the outer annular radius R1, inner annular radius R2, and the equivalent particle diameter d P,e  satisfy the relationship\n C*d P,e \u2264R 1\u2212 R 2\u2264 D*d P,e  \n \n where C is at least 30 and D is 300 or less, and \n wherein the inner annular radius R2, the column radius R3, and the equivalent particle diameter d P,e  satisfy the relationship\n A*d P,e \u2264R 2\u2212 R 3\u2264 B*d P,e  \n \n where A is at least 100 and B is 600 or less.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.66176
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13764932', '15808011', '15288403', '12720345', '11729559']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7864647165802378
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4901353358164043
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7568317785038544
- Mean Citation Score: 239.701362
- Max Citation Score: 247.01144
- Similarity Product: 166.5871289094734

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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