Low temperature regeneration of coke deactivated reforming catalysts

摘要

A process for regenerating a coke contaminated reforming catalyst comprising platinum on a molecular sieve, said process consisting essentially of contacting said catalyst with a halogen-free oxygen-containing gas at a temperature of less than 780 DEG F. for a sufficient period of time such that the aromatization activity is restored to within 20 DEG F. of the activity said catalyst possessed at the start of the previous run cycle.