Embodiments of the disclosure provide a system and method for producing a linear alpha olefin. A disulfide, a hydrogen donating compound, and water are combined to produce a mixture. The mixture is introduced to a reactor operated at a pressure equal to or greater than 22.06 MPa and a temperature equal to or greater than 374 deg. C to produce an effluent stream. The effluent stream is separated to produce a product stream including the linear alpha olefin. The disulfide can be a compound of formula R—S—S—R′ where R is a first alkyl group having carbon atoms ranging from 1 to 12 and R′ is a second alkyl group having carbon atoms ranging from 5 to 12. The hydrogen donating compound can include a partially hydrogenated multi-ring aromatic compound.

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a system and method for producing a linear alpha olefin. A disulfide, a hydrogen donating compound, and water are combined to produce a mixture. The mixture is introduced to a reactor operated at a pressure equal to or greater than 22.06 MPa and a temperature equal to or greater than 374 deg. C. to produce an effluent stream. The effluent stream is separated to produce a product stream including the linear alpha olefin. The disulfide can be a compound of formula R—S—S—R′ where R is a first alkyl group having carbon atoms ranging from 1 to 12 and R′ is a second alkyl group having carbon atoms ranging from 5 to 12. The hydrogen donating compound can include a partially hydrogenated multi-ring aromatic compound.

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a system and method for producing a linear alpha olefin. A disulfide, a hydrogen donating compound, and water are combined to produce a mixture. The mixture is introduced to a reactor operated at a pressure equal to or greater than 22.06 MPa and a temperature equal to or greater than 374 deg. C. to produce an effluent stream. The effluent stream is separated to produce a product stream including the linear alpha olefin. The disulfide can be a compound of formula R—S—S—R′ where R is a first alkyl group having carbon atoms ranging from 1 to 12 and R′ is a second alkyl group having carbon atoms ranging from 5 to 12. The hydrogen donating compound can include a partially hydrogenated multi-ring aromatic compound.

A process and apparatus for cracking liquid hydrocarbon materials into light hydrocarbon fractions using a carrier gas including methane and hydrogen.

A system for upgrading a hydrocarbon feed includes a thermal hydrodealkylation unit and a hydrocracking unit. A method for reducing formation of heavy polynuclear aromatic compounds during hydrocracking includes contacting a hydrocarbon feed comprising polynuclear aromatic compounds with hydrogen at reaction conditions sufficient to hydrodealkylate at least a portion of the polynuclear aromatic compounds in the hydrocarbon feed to produce a hydrodealkylated effluent. The method can also include contacting at least a portion of the hydrodealkylated effluent with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrocracking catalyst, where the contacting causes at least a portion of hydrocarbons in the hydrodealkylated effluent to undergo hydrocracking to produce a hydrocracked effluent. The systems and methods may reduce or prevent formation of heavy polynuclear aromatic compounds in the hydrocracking unit by hydrodealkylating heavy polynuclear aromatic precursors in the hydrocarbon feed.

Methods and systems for producing olefins from a naphtha feedstock are provided. Methods can include pyrolyzing the naphtha feedstock in the presence of hydrogen gas to produce a first effluent, separating the first effluent into light components, heavy components and one or more olefin product streams, steam cracking the light components to produce a second effluent, and extracting aromatics, if any, from the heavy components to produce a third effluent.

Methods and systems for producing olefins from a naphtha feedstock are provided. Methods can include pyrolyzing the naphtha feedstock in the presence of hydrogen gas to produce a first effluent, separating the first effluent into light components, heavy components and one or more olefin product streams, steam cracking the light components to produce a second effluent, and extracting aromatics, if any, from the heavy components to produce a third effluent.

Waste plastics are mixed with heavy crude and vacuum residues at temperature within the range from 180-220 C. and the resulting mixture are hydroprocessed to produce lighter products. The hydrodemetallization, asphaltene conversion and hydrocracking activities of the resulting mixture have been tested in an autoclave batch reactor. This process provides a very cheap material and method to upgrade problematic feeds to produce transportation fuels.

Waste plastics are mixed with heavy crude and vacuum residues at temperature within the range from 180-220 C. and the resulting mixture are hydroprocessed to produce lighter products. The hydrodemetallization, asphaltene conversion and hydrocracking activities of the resulting mixture have been tested in an autoclave batch reactor. This process provides a very cheap material and method to upgrade problematic feeds to produce transportation fuels.

The invention relates to a regenerative reactor system which includes a reverse flow regenerative reactor. The reverse flow regenerative reactor includes a housing enclosing an interior region, and process flow components configured to manage the flow of a pyrolysis stream through the interior region. The process flow components include reactor beds. The reverse flow regenerative reactor also includes a pyrolysis inlet conduit for managing flow of the pyrolysis stream to the reverse flow regenerative reactor, and further includes a liquid distribution device that is configured to disperse a liquid portion of the pyrolysis stream along an internal surface of the pyrolysis inlet conduit.