Aromatization Technology

GTC Technology, in alliance with our technology partner, offers commercially proven aromatization technology for gasoline octane improvement or aromatics production. The technology uses a proprietary catalyst in fixed bed reactors with periodic catalyst regeneration. GTC provides various options in capital investment and operation modes to maximize our client’s profits.

Advantages:

Aromatization technology for octane improvement

Upgrade low octane gasoline to premium gasoline
Overall product utilization (gasoline +LPG) is greater than 93%
The upgraded RON 90 gasoline has low sulfur and olefins, and is excellent blending material combined with FCC gasoline

Aromatization technology for aromatics production

Convert C4 – C8 olefins into aromatics
No hydrogen needed
Complete integration with Steam Cracker possible with dry gas for hydrogen recovery; LPG and paraffins are recycled to steam cracking
Simple distillation is typically used to meet the aromatics specifications for paraxylene manufacture
Feedstocks can be from FCC, Steam Cracking, and Coking