METHOD OF ENHANCING AN AROMATIZATION CATALYST

摘要

A hydrocarbon aromatization process comprising adding a nitrogenate, an o xygenate, or both to a hydrocarbon stream to produce an enhanced hydrocarbon stream, and contacting the enhanced hydrocarbon stream with an aromatizatio n catalyst, thereby producing an aromatization reactor effluent comprising a romatic hydrocarbons, wherein the catalyst comprises a non-acidic zeolite su pport, a group VIII metal, and one or more halides. Also disclosed is a hydr ocarbon aromatization process comprising monitoring the presence of an oxyge nate, a nitrogenate, or both in an aromatization reactor, monitoring at leas t one process parameter that indicates the activity of the aromatization cat alyst, modifying the amount of the oxygenate, the nitrogenate, or both in th e aromatization reactor, thereby affecting the parameter.