US Patent Issued to Chevron Phillips Chemical on Nov. 18 for "In-reactor activation of a high chloride aromatization catalyst" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,498, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (The Woodlands, Texas).

"In-reactor activation of a high chloride aromatization catalyst" was invented by Gabriela D. Alvez-Manoli (Kingwood, Texas), Stephen L. Kelly (Kingwood, Texas) and Amanda B. Allemand (Spring, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes for activating a high-chlorine content aromatization catalyst in a reactor system include the steps of contacting the aromatization catalyst with an inert gas stream in the reactor system at a drying temperature of 300-400deg C. to form a treated catalyst, and then contacting the treated catalyst with a...