High density recycle gas for reforming process

摘要

A hydrocarbon feed is contacted with a reforming catalyst in a reaction vessel to produce a reformate, hydrogen, methane, and ethane are stripped from the reformate in a first separator, C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 hydrocarbons are stripped from the stripped reformate in a second separator, and then a portion of the hydrogen, methane, and ethane; and substantially all of the C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 hydrocarbons are recycled to the reaction vessel as heat carrier.