Contents

Preface to the Second Edition		iii
Preface to the First Edition		v
Contributors		ix
Part I: Naphtha Reforming Chemistry
1.	Compositional Analysis of Naphtha and Reformate	1
	Rune Prestvik, Kjell Moljord, Knut Grande,
	and Anders Holmen
2.	Basic Reactions of Reforming on Metal Catalysts	35
	Zolta´n Paa´l
3.	Chemistry of Bifunctional Metal–Acid Catalysis	75
	Jose´ M. Parera and Nora S. Fı´goli
4.	Naphtha Hydrotreatment	105
	Syed Ahmed Ali
Part II:	Reforming Catalysts
5.	Preparation of Reforming Catalysts	141
	J. R. Regalbuto and George J. Antos
6.	Characterization of Naphtha-Reforming Catalysts	199
	Burtron H. Davis and George J. Antos
7.	Optimization of Catalyst Pore Structure
	by Kinetics and Diffusion Analysis	275
	Jerzy Szczygieł
8.	The New Generation of Commercial Catalytic
	Naphtha-Reforming Catalysts	335
	George J. Antos, Mark D. Moser, and Mark P. Lapinski

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Part III: Catalyst Deactivation and Regeneration

9.Naphtha Reforming Over Zeolite-Hybrid-Type

	Catalysts	353
	Grigore Pop
10.	Deactivation by Coking	391
	Octavio Novaro, Cheng-Lie Li, and Jin-An Wang
11.	Catalyst Regeneration and Continuous Reforming Issues	433
	Patricia K. Doolin, David J. Zalewski,
	and Soni O. Oyekan

Part IV: Technology and Applications

12.Precious Metals Recovery from Spent Reforming

	Catalysts	459
	Horst Meyer and Matthias Grehl
13.	Licensed Reforming Processes	477
	Abdullah M. Aitani
14.	Control Systems for Commercial Reformers	497
	Lee Turpin

15.Modeling Catalytic Naphtha Reforming: Temperature

Profile Selection and Benzene Reduction	551
Rafael Larraz and Raimundo Arvelo
Index	595

Contributors

Abdullah M. Aitani King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Syed Ahmed Ali King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

George J. Antos UOP, LLC, Des Plaines, Illinois, U.S.A.

Raimundo Arvelo University of La Laguna, Laguna, Spain

Burtron H. Davis University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A.

Patricia K. Doolin Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC, Catlettsburg, Kentucky,

U.S.A.

Nora S. Fı´goli Instituto de Investigaciones en Cata´lisis y Petroquı´mica (INCAPE), Santa Fe, Argentina

Knut Grande STATOIL Research Centre, Trondheim, Norway

Matthias Grehl W.C. Heraeus GmbH & Co., Hanau, Germany

Anders Holmen Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim,

Norway

Mark P. Lapinski UOP, LLC, Des Plaines, Illinois, U.S.A.

Rafael Larraz* University of La Laguna, Laguna, Spain

Cheng-Lie Li{ National University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Horst Meyer W.C. Heraeus GmbH & Co., Hanau, Germany

Kjell Moljord STATOIL Research Centre, Trondheim, Norway

Mark D. Moser UOP, LLC, Des Plaines, Illinois, U.S.A.

*Current affiliation: CEPSA, Madrid, Spain

{Current affiliation: East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

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Octavio Novaro National University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Soni O. Oyekan Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC, Catlettsburg, Kentucky,

U.S.A.

Zolta´n Paa´l Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

Jose´ M. Parera Instituto de Investigaciones en Cata´lisis y Petroquı´mica (INCAPE), Santa Fe, Argentina

Grigore Pop S.C. Zecasin S.A., Bucharest, Romania

Rune Prestvik SINTEF Applied Chemistry, Trondheim, Norway

J. R. Regalbuto University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Jerzy Szczygieł Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland

Lee Turpin Aspen Technology Inc., Bothell, Washington, U.S.A.

Jin-An Wang National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, Mexico

David J. Zalewski Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC, Catlettsburg, Kentucky,

U.S.A.