Inventors:
Edward S. Ellis - Basking Ridge NJ, US
John P. Greeley - Annandale NJ, US
Vasant Patel - Sugar Land TX, US
Murali V. Ariyapadi - Sugar Land TX, US
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company - Annandale NJ
International Classification:
C10G 45/04
US Classification:
208213, 208210, 208211, 208212, 208216 R, 208217, 208218
Abstract:
A process for the selective hydrodesulfurization of olefinic naphtha streams containing a substantial amount of organically-bound sulfur and olefins. The olefinic naphtha stream is selectively desulfurized in a first hydrodesulfurization stage. The effluent stream from this first stage is sent to a separation zone wherein a lower boiling naphtha stream and a higher boiling naphtha stream are produced. The lower boiling naphtha stream is sent through at least two more separation zones, each at a lower temperature than the preceding separation stage. The higher boiling naphtha stream, which contains most of the sulfur moieties, is passed to a second hydrodesulfurization stage wherein at least a fraction of the sulfur moieties are removed.