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US 2016/0237004 A1Published application
Upgrading paraffins to distillates and lube basestocks
AssigneeExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
InventorsKun WANG, Robert T. CARR, Elise MARUCCHI-SOOS
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Abstract
A process for converting paraffins, especially light paraffins, e.g. C3-C8 paraffins, to higher boiling range paraffinic liquid hydrocarbons comprises endothermically dehydrogenating the light paraffin combined with a thermally coupled, exothermic reaction such as olefin oligomerization to supply heat for the endothermic conversion.
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A process for converting light paraffins to higher boiling range paraffinic liquid hydrocarbons, comprising
- catalytically dehydrogenating a light paraffin in an endothermic reaction to form an olefinic reaction product;
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- supplying heat to the endothermic dehydrogenation reaction from at least one exothermic reaction in the same reactor to convert the olefin reaction products to heavier paraffins.
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