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Article: French nventors Develop Middle Distillates Production Process
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 20, 2008
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 20 -- Eric Benazzi of Chatou, France, and Christophe Gueret of St. Romain en Gal, France, have developed a process for producing middle distillates.
According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a process and apparatus wherein the paraffin effluent from the Fischer-Tropsch process is separated into a heavy fraction with an initial boiling point of 120-200 degree Celsius (C), said heavy fraction then optionally being hydrotreated then brought into contact with an amorphous hydroisomerization/hydrocracking catalyst that converts at least 80% by weight of the 370 degree C+ products into products with a boiling point ...