Integrated hydrocracking/adsorption and aromatic recovery complex to utilize the aromatic bottoms stream

A process for treating a hydrocarbon feedstream, the hydrocarbon feedstream comprising nitrogen-containing compounds and polynuclear aromatic compounds, the process comprising:

• (i) contacting the hydrocarbon feedstream with an adsorbent material to produce an adsorbent having an increased content of nitrogen-containing compounds and polynuclear compounds and an adsorbent-treated hydrocarbon feedstream having a decreased content of nitrogen-containing compounds and polynuclear aromatic compounds;
• (ii) introducing the adsorbent-treated hydrocarbon feedstream to a hydrocracking reaction unit to produce a hydrocracked effluent stream;
• (iii) introducing a naphtha stream to a catalytic reforming unit to produce a reformate stream;
• (iv) introducing the reformate stream to an aromatic recovery complex to produce a light reformate stream, a benzene-toluene-xylene (BTX) stream, and an aromatic bottoms stream;
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• (v) introducing the aromatic bottoms stream to the adsorbent having an increased content of nitrogen-containing compounds and polynuclear compounds to produce an adsorbent having a decreased content of nitrogen-containing compounds and polynuclear compounds and an aromatic bottoms stream having an increased content of nitrogen-containing compounds and polynuclear aromatic compounds.