A filtration device for a down-flow catalytic hydroprocessing reactor is disclosed. The filtration device may be used in the petroleum and chemical processing industries in catalytic reactions of hydrocarbonaceous feedstocks in the presence of hydrogen, at an elevated temperature and pressure, to remove contaminants from mixed gas and liquid feedstreams to reactor catalyst beds. The filtration device may be provided as a horizontal tray installation at the top of a reactor, whereby feedstream liquid is passed through a filtration media in a radially inward direction from the wall of the reactor to the center of the filtration device and thereafter to the reactor catalyst bed. Among the benefits provided are the minimization of scale and small/fine particulates that reach the catalyst bed below the device, reduced pressure drop through the reactor, even when the filter is completely fouled, and the potential for added catalyst volume due to the reduced need to use catalyst grading materials.

The invention relates to a process for hydrocracking a feedstream comprising hydrocarbons to obtain BTX in a gas phase hydrocracking reactor system which comprises (i) an upstream end and a downstream end, (ii) a plurality of successive reaction zones distributed along the reactor between the upstream end and the downstream end, wherein each of the reaction zones has a bed of a hydrocracking catalyst contained therein and (iii) a plurality of quench zones, the quench zones being distributed along the reactor and each being situated between successive reaction zones, wherein the process comprises: (a) injecting a first portion of a hydrogen gas into the upstream end and a first portion of a hydrocarbon gas into the upstream end and (b) injecting a second portion of the hydrogen gas into at least one of the quench zones and injecting a second portion of the hydrocarbon gas into at least one of the quench zones, wherein the molar ratio between hydrogen and hydrocarbons entering each of the reaction zones is 1:1 to 4:1, wherein the molar ratio between hydrogen and hydrocarbons entering the reaction zones decreases with the distance of the reaction zone from the upstream end of the reactor.

The present invention describes a process for treating a feedstock obtained from a renewable source, comprising a step a) of hydrotreating said feedstock, a step b) of separation into at least a light fraction and at least a hydrocarbon liquid effluent, a step c) of removing at least a portion of the water from the hydrocarbon liquid effluent, a step d) of hydroconversion of at least a portion of the hydrocarbon liquid effluent, said hydroconversion step d) being characterized firstly by the use of a bifunctional catalyst comprising a molybdenum and/or tungsten sulfide phase promoted with nickel and/or cobalt and secondly by a ratio between the partial pressure of hydrogen sulfide and of hydrogen at the inlet of the hydroconversion unit of 10 less than 5?10.sup.?5 and a step e) of fractionation of the effluent obtained from step d) to obtain at least a middle distillate fraction.

The invention relates to a process for treating a plastics and/or solid recovery fuel pyrolysis oil, comprising: a) optionally, selective hydrogenation of the feedstock; b) hydroconversion in an ebullated bed, in an entrained bed and/or in a moving bed, to obtain a hydroconverted effluent; c) hydrotreatment of said hydroconverted effluent from step b) to obtain a hydrotreated effluent, without any intermediate separation step between steps b) and c), c) optionally, hydrocracking of said effluent from step c), c) separation of the effluent from step c) or c) in the presence of an aqueous stream, to obtain a gaseous effluent, an aqueous liquid effluent and a liquid hydrocarbon effluent; d) optionally a fractionation to obtain at least one gas stream and one cut with a boiling point of less than or equal to 175? C. and one cut with a boiling point of greater than 175? C.

Vapor and liquid flow concurrently down through a vertical vessel. A horizontal scale collection and predistribution tray is located in the vessel to remove solid contaminants and to redistribute the liquid to a fine distribution tray. The scale collection and predistribution tray consists of a tray plate with a scale collection zone where the solid contaminants settle and deposit. In one embodiment, an upstanding permeable wall forms the scale collection zone, and liquid is filtered as it flows through the permeable wall, leaving the solid contaminants trapped upstream from the permeable wall. The predistribution tray has a rim provided with a slotted weir. Liquid from the scale collection zone forms a liquid level in a trough located between the permeable wall and the weir. Due to the uniform liquid level in the trough, liquid flow rates through the slots in the weir are nearly equal. Because of the polygonal shape of the tray, the liquid exits the slots in a direction along lanes defined between distribution units on the fine distribution tray, and the amount of liquid entering the vapor inlets of the distribution units is therefore small. Vapor by-passes the scale collection and predistribution tray through the area between the reactor wall and the permeable wall, and through the area between the reactor wall and the weir to the fine distribution tray. The scale collection and predistribution tray protects the fine distribution tray and the catalyst bed from fouling, predistributes liquid to the fine distribution tray to minimize level gradients on this tray, and reduces flow velocities to ensure calm flow conditions on the fine distribution tray.

A process for the hydrotreatment of a feed obtained from renewable sources in which the total stream of feed F is divided into a number of different part-streams of feed F1 to Fn equal to the number of catalytic zones n, where n is 1 to 10. The mass flow rate of hydrogen sent to the first catalytic zone represents more than 80% by weight of the total mass flow rate of hydrogen used. The effluent from the reactor outlet undergoes at least one separation step. A portion of the liquid fraction is recycled to the catalytic zones in a manner such that the local recycle ratio for each of the beds is 2 or less, and the local dilution ratio over each of the beds is less than 4.

Systems and methods are provided for upgrading a high density cracked feedstock, such as a catalytic slurry oil, by hydroprocessing. The upgrading can further include performing a separation on the effluent from hydroprocessing of the cracked feedstock, such as a distillation (i.e., separation based on boiling point) or a solvent-based separation. The separation on the hydroprocessed effluent can allow for separation of an aromatics-enriched fraction and an aromatics-depleted fraction from the hydroprocessed effluent. The aromatics-enriched fraction and aromatics-depleted fraction can then be separately used and/or separately undergo further processing.

A catalytic reactor comprises a particle separator which extracts particles from the fluid flow stream above the reactor internals by means which makes the fluid flow stream perform a radial outwards and upwards S-curve flow path, which enables the particles to be extracted and settle in a collection section with low flow activity and turbulence.

The invention concerns a process for the hydrotreatment of a heavy oil feed in at least one reactor containing a fixed bed catalyst, in which a solution containing a dispersed catalyst or a precursor of a dispersed catalyst is continuously introduced into said reactor, the particle size of said dispersed catalyst being in the range 1 nm to 100 ?m.

More particularly, the invention concerns the in situ formation of a catalyst for a hydrotreatment process starting from a fixed bed catalyst which captures a dispersed catalyst on its solid support.

A process for hydroprocessing a renewable feedstock in a fixed-bed reactor system having at least one catalytic bed involves directing a downward flow of the renewable feedstock to a filtering zone having top-open interstitial portions to receive the downward flow and top-covered annular portions that are in fluid communication with a headspace between the filtering zone and a catalytic zone. The feedstock flows from the interstitial portions to the annular portions through a filtering material disposed between the interstitial portions and the annular portions, resulting in a filtered feedstock, which then flows to the catalytic zone. In the catalytic zone, filtered feedstock is reacted under hydroprocessing conditions sufficient to cause a reaction selected from the group consisting of hydrogenation, hydrodeoxygenation, hydrodenitrogenation, hydrodesulphurization, hydrodemetalation, hydrocracking, hydroisomerization, and combinations thereof.