Methods for processing liquid organic hydrogen carriers

Abstract

One or more liquid organic hydrogen carriers may be processed by a method that includes passing one or more hydrogen-diminished liquid organic hydrogen carriers and hydrogen into a hydrogenation reactor to form a hydrogenation reactor effluent. The hydrogenation reactor effluent may include one or more hydrogen-rich liquid organic hydrogen carriers and unreacted hydrogen. the method may further include passing the hydrogenation reactor effluent from the hydrogenation reactor to a separation unit and separating at least the one or more hydrogen-rich liquid organic hydrogen carriers from the unreacted hydrogen in the separation unit. The method may further include passing at least a naphtha feed and the unreacted hydrogen to a naphtha hydrotreater to produce a hydrotreater effluent that includes a hydrotreated naphtha.

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