Catalytic-reforming processes Platforming

The total capacity of the semiregenerative units exceeded 5.0 million b/d while CCR units reached 3.8 million b/d. The simultaneous use of CCR technology and bimetallic catalysts has given UOP a unique position in the field of catalytic reformer process licensing. Recent catalyst formulations have improved both aromatic and reformate yields. UOP has improved the performance of the conventional platforming process by incorporating a CCR system. The process uses stacked radial-flow reactors and a CCR section to... 

Any chemical derived from petroleum, the main refining processes being fractional distillation, catalytic cracking and platforming (reforming the constituents with the aid of a platinum catalyst). Since sulphur may be recovered from petroleum refining and since SBR, furnace black and processing oils are all petrochemicals it is... 

The Platforming-Udex process for catalytic reforming of naphtha is also used for toluene. The feedstock should be rich in seven carbon naphthenes such as dimethylcyclopentanes, methylcyclohexane, and ethylcyclopentane... 

The deactivation of catalytic reforming catalysts was studied in Platforming units. The deactivation was measured by the increase in the operation temperature necessary to obtain a specified performance in processes using Pt-Re and Pt-Sn catalysts. The statistical analysis produced an equation capable to predict the deactivation degree in terms of the operation parameters and properties of the feed. 

The concept of LNA process is to utilize an existing fixed bed unit, which is typically unused catalytic reformer replaced by CCR, with minor modification. Based on the results of the fundamental and scale-up studies, a 2,250 BPSD demonstration plant was designed, which was originally used as a conventional platforming unit. 

Old Dutch Refining in Muskegon, Michigan starts the world s first catalytic reformer based on the UOP Platforming processes. 

The name is derived from platinum-reforming. While platinum was the first catalyst to be developed for catalytic reforming, other catalysts and related processes have subsequently been developed over the past 60 years. Continuous catalytic regeneration or CCR platforming is a widely used continuous version of the process. 

In catalytic reforming, only the platinum catalyst processes (Platforming,Catforming,Sinclair Baker, Ultraforming, Powerforming, Sovaforming, etc. ) are sufficiently well defined to allow the prediction of yields (see Table 21-24). The approximate maximum... 

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