COMBINED PARAFFIN ISOMERIZATION/RING OPENING PROCESS

摘要

The process comprises the ring-opening of aromatics and isomerization of aliphatics. The feedstream (10) comprises hydrocarbons having 6 carbon atoms. The process involves the use of a recycle stream (62) containing a source of chlorine. The process uses two reactors in series wherein the first reactor (20) contains a ring-opening catalyst while the second reactor (40), downstream of the first reactor, contains an isomerization catalyst wherein aliphatics are isomerized.