Conversion of light naphtha to enhanced value aromatics in an integrated reactor process

An integrated process for conversion of a hydrocarbon stream comprising C5-C6 normal paraffins and iso-paraffins to enhanced value aromatics, the process comprising:

• (i) providing the hydrocarbon stream comprising C5-C6 normal paraffins and iso-paraffins to a first reactor;
• (ii) passing the hydrocarbon stream through the first reactor, the first reactor being an aromatization reactor with an aromatization catalyst disposed therein to generate an aromatization product stream;
• (iii) passing the aromatization product stream from the first reactor through a separator, the separator configured to remove C1-C4 gases from the aromatization product stream to generate an aromatic rich stream;
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• (iv) passing the aromatic rich stream to an aromatic recovery complex to separate the aromatic rich stream into a benzene fraction, a toluene fraction, a para-xylene fraction, an aromatic bottoms fraction comprising C9+ aromatic hydrocarbons, and a non-aromatics fraction,
• wherein a reformate effluent fraction from a catalytic reforming unit is combined with the aromatization product stream prior to passing the aromatization product stream to the separator or is combined with the aromatic rich stream prior to passage to the aromatic recovery complex, and
• the hydrocarbon stream comprises at least 60% by weight of normal paraffins and iso-paraffins having 5 or 6 carbon atoms.