Method of upgrading liquid hydrocarbons

摘要

A method of upgrading a mixture of normally liquid hydrocarbons having a normal boiling range up to about 180 DEG C into a high octane normally liquid fuel; the method comprising the steps of feeding a composition containing the mixture of normally liquid hydrocarbons into a reactor including a first electrode means, a second electrode means and at least one layer of a normally solid dielectric material positioned between the first and the second electrode means; submitting the composition within the reactor in the presence of a normally solid catalyst to a dielectric barrier discharge, wherein the normally solid catalyst is a member selected from the group of zeolites, modified zeolites and zeolite-like materials; and controlling the dielectric barrier discharge to convert the composition into a product stream containing the high octane normally liquid fuel. <IMAGE>