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Process for improving aromatic and naphtheno-aromatic gas oil fractions

US7381321B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 19, 2003
Grant dateJun 3, 2008
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Expiry dateOct 25, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC10G65/12
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Process for transforming a gas-oil fraction that makes it possible to produce a fuel that has a quality according to stringent requirements in terms of sulfur content, aromatic compound content, cetane number, boiling point, T95, of 95% of the compounds and density, d15/4, at 15° C. This process comprises a hydrorefining stage and a hydrocracking stage, whereby the latter uses a catalyst that contains at least one zeolite. The conversion of products that have a boiling point of less than 150° C. is, throughout the two stages of hydrocracking and hydrorefining, less than 40% by weight and, for the hydrorefining stage, between 1 and 15% by weight. The temperature, TR2, of the hydrocracking stage is less than the temperature, TR1, of the hydrorefining stage, and the variation between temperatures TR1 and TR2 is between 0 and 80° C.

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