MUMBAI, India, Aug. 8 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441006781 A) filed by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Bengaluru, Karnataka, on Feb. 1, 2024, for 'process and catalyst for catalytic cracking of naphtha to light olefins and aromatics.'
Inventor(s) include Gopinath, Bhanuprasad Saiyapaneni; Loganathan, Kumaresan; Kumar, Pramod; Karri, Narendra; Sundaram, Sriram; and Maheshwari, Vipul Kumar.
The application for the patent was published on Aug. 8, under issue no. 32/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention pertains to a catalytic cracking. More specifically, the present invention pertains to a process for the preparation of a catalyst for cracking a hydrocarbon stream wherein the catalyst comprises a modified zeolite and a modified alumina. The present invention further provides a process and an apparatus for the cracking of a hydrocarbon stream into higher yield of lighter olefins and aromatics by employing the catalyst while sustaining the unit heat balance. The catalyst of the present invention shows enhanced coke formation, higher propylene to ethylene weight ratio and a higher BTX selectivity when used in the cracking of hydrocarbon stream."
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