Catalytic-reforming processes Hydroforming

Fluid Hydroforming An early catalytic reforming process in which the catalyst was used in a continuously regenerated fluidized bed. Developed by the MW Kellogg Company. 

It is produced from petroleum fractions rich in naphthenes by catalytic reforming in the presence of hydrogen (hydroforming) in this process dehydrogenation .nd dealkylation... 

Hydroforming. The first commercial catalytic reforming plant was built around 1940. The process used a molybdena-on-alumina catalyst at about 475-550°C under 10-20 atm pressure, a large part of which was due to hydrogen.95 The process was termed hydroforming, which refers to reforming in the presence of hydrogen. 

However, the major source of these hydrocarbons is now petroleum. Although aromatic compounds do occur naturally in petroleum, they are mainly obtained by the process of catalytic reforming, in which aliphatic hydrocarbons are aromatized through dehydrogenation, cyclization and isomerization. The process, which is also known as hydroforming, is carried out under pressure at 480-550 °C in the presence of a catalyst, typically chromium(III) oxide or alumina. Benzene is thus produced from... 

Fixed-bed Houdry and Cycloversion catalytic cracking, platinum catalyst reforming, the original Hydroforming installations, and the desulfurization processes are examples. 

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