Pilot reactor testing of naphtha boiling

Pilot Reactor Testing of the ETTect of Naphtha Boiling Point in Catafytic Reforming... 

Naphthas with different initial and final boiling points were compared by pilot reactor testing. The pilot reactor unit consisted of isothermal, once-through reactors with on-line GCs for full product analysis and octane number determination. Octane numbers, reformate yields and composition as well as gas yields were measured as a function of reaction temperature at 16 bar reaction pressure and a molar Hj/HC ratio of 4.3. Catalyst deactivation was studied over two weeks periods at high severity conditions, i.e. 102.4 RON and a Hj/HC ratio of 2.2. Test results, with emphasis on the yields of benzene and other aromatics, reformate and hydrogen yields as well as catalyst deactivation, are presented. 

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