Low-sulphur reforming processes

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EP 0 798 363 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	11.03.1998 Bulletin 1998/11

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	01.10.1997 Bulletin 1997/40

(21)	Application number: 97110024.3

(22)	Date of filing: 06.03.1992

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: C10G 35/04

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	BE DE ES FR GB IT NL

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Priority:

08.03.1991 US 666696
06.12.1991 US 802821
06.12.1991 US 803063
06.12.1991 US 803215

(62)	Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
	92908806.0 / 0576571

(71)	Applicant: CHEVRON CHEMICAL COMPANY
	San Francisco, California 94105 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Heyse, John V. Crockett, CA 94525 (US) Mulaskey, Bernard F. Fairfax, CA 94930 (US) Hise, Robert L. Fairfield, CA 94533 (US) Trumbull, Steven E. San Leandro, CA 94577 (US)

(74)	Representative: Nash, David Allan et al
	Haseltine Lake & Co., Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway London WC2B 6UD London WC2B 6UD (GB)


	Remarks:
	This application was filed on 19 - 06 - 1997 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.

(54)	Low-sulphur reforming processes

(57) There is disclosed a method for increasing the carburization resistance of at least a portion of an apparatus for hydrocarbon conversion upon exposure to hydrocarbons at elevated temperatures, said method comprising applying a reducible paint to a steel portion of the apparatus and heating the applied paint under reducing conditions to form a protective layer which provides said carburization resistance.

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