mixture

Reformate

Liquid C5+ product of a catalytic naphtha reformer: aromatics (benzene, toluene, xylenes, C9+) with paraffins and naphthenes; a gasoline blend component and the main feed of aromatics plants. Above 70 % v/v aromatics for CCR reformers (REF BREF 2015, section 2.6). The composition is one typical reformate slate of the source, not a specification: the source calls it '% yield' and states no basis, and reading it as wt% is ASSUMED; C9+ aromatics and non-aromatics are by difference. catalytic-reforming-1 uses an ASSUMED pseudo-formula of its own, not this composition.

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Made by

Catalytic reforming of naphtha with continuous catalyst regeneration (CCR)Main productConcept · not reviewed

Used by

Benzene, toluene and mixed xylenes by solvent extraction of catalytic reformateFeedstockConcept · not reviewed

Routes compared

One route in the Atlas makes Reformate: nothing to compare yet. A comparison appears when a second route is added.

Per 1 kg of Reformate: inventory from each route's LCI dataset, unallocated; footprints per the functional unit of their own LCA.

Route	Tier, design maturity, review status	Geography, year	Energy	Feedstocks	Key emissions	Footprint	Comparability
Catalytic reforming of naphtha with continuous catalyst regeneration (CCR)low-pressure (3.5 to 10 bar) moving-bed reforming over Pt-Sn/alumina with continuous catalyst regeneration; semi-regenerative and cyclic units are not modelled	Tier 1 (sourced conceptual)Design maturity: Concept (research)Not independently reviewedDataset review: unreviewed	RER, 2010	Electricity: 0.0433 kWh Fired heat of the charge heater and interheaters (fuel fired, counted as heat): 0.689 kWh	Hydrotreated heavy naphtha: 1.15 kg Oxygen of the regeneration air (coke burn-off): 0.000846 kg (free) Water to the regeneration vent scrubber: 0.00231 kg Pt-Sn on alumina reforming catalyst, make-up: 0.00000156 kg	CO2 from the coke burn-off in the CCR regenerator: 0.00116 kg	no footprint	–

ISO 14044 requires a critical review (by a panel of interested parties, ISO/TS 14071) of a comparative assertion intended to be disclosed to the public. These routes are listed side by side for screening; a statement that one is better than another needs that review. None of these routes has had such a review.