Catalytic high octane gasoline

A fluid catalytic cracking unit in Joliet, Illinois, converts bea components of crude oils into high octane gasoline and distillates. (Corbis Corporation)... 

Hon (Informing A continuous catalytic reforming process for producing aromatic concentrates and high-octane gasoline. It used a fixed bed of a platinum catalyst. Developed in the 1950s by the Houdiy Process Corporation. 

Penex [Pentane and hexane isomerization] A process for converting n-pentane and n-hexane and their mixtures into branched-chain pentanes and hexanes of higher octane number by catalytic isomerization. The catalyst is similar to the Butamer catalyst. The product is used in high-octane gasoline. First commercialized by UOP in 1958. More than 75 units were operating as of 1996. 

Introduction of zeolites into catalytic cracking improved the quality of the product and the efficiency of the process. It was estimated that this modification in catalyst composition in the United States alone saved over 200 million barrels of crude oil in 1977. The use of bimetallic catalysts in reforming of naphthas, a basic process for the production of high-octane gasoline and petrochemicals, resulted in great improvement in the catalytic performance of the process, and in considerable extension of catalyst life. New catalytic approaches to the development of synthetic fuels are being unveiled. 

Catalytic strategies for making high octane gasolines include ... 

Vermilion, W.L. (1971) Modern catalytic production of high octane gasoline and olefins. VOP Technical Seminar, Arlington Heights, Illinois. 

Figure 2-16 Several reactor configurations for catalytic reforming to produce high-octane gasoline.

In refining, the polymerization process is utilized to produce high-octane gasoline components from three- and four-carbon olefins. It can also be used for the production of certain alcohols and aromatic compounds. Cumene and ethyl benzene can be produced through catalytic polymerization. 

The future demand for high octane gasoline production by catalytic reforming requires extensive conversion of paraffins to aromatics. It is... 

Much of the aromatic product obtained by catalytic re-forming is blended with other fractions from petroleum refining to give high-octane gasoline. The rest is separated into its component hydrocarbons, which then are utilized by the chemical industry for the production of chemicals derived from benzene, methylbenzene, and the dimethylbenzenes, as summarized in Figures 22-9 and 22-10,... 

Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) units for producing high-octane gasoline from gasoil or naphta see Section 7.2. 

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