Fluid hydroforming process

Claim 1

THE PROCESS FOR REFORMING HYDROCARBONS BOILING WITHIN THE MOTOR FUEL RANGE IN CONTACT WITH FINELY DIVIDED REFORMING CATALYST PARTICLES WHICH COMPRISES PASSING VAPOROUS-HYDROCARBON FEED AND HYDROGEN-RICH DILUENT GAS THROUGH TWO DENSE, FLUIDIZED, LIQUID-SIMULATING BEDS OF FINELY DIVIDED REFORMING CATALYST PARTICLES IN SERIES MAINTAINED AT A PRESSURE OF FROM ABOUT 50 TO 750 LBS. PER SQ. INCH, THE FIRST BED HAVING AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 850 TO 900* F. AND THE SECOND BED HAVING AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 900 TO 950* F., CONTINUOUSLY DISCHARGING A STREAM OF CATALYST FROM THE SECOND BED INTO THE FIRST BED, CONTINUOUSLY WITHDRAWING A STREAM OF CATALYST PARTICLES FROM SAID FIRST BED, MIXING THE WITHDRAWN REACTOR CATALYST PARTICLES WITH A NON-OXIDIZING HEAT EXCHANGE GAS AT A TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 1200* F. IN SUFFICIENT AMOUNT TO RAISE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CATALYST AT LEAST 25* F. HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE CATALYST TEMPERATURE IN SAID SECOND BED, SEPARATING THE HEATED CATALYST PARTICLES FROM THE HEAT EXCHANGE GAS, RECYCLING THE HOT CATALYST PARTICLES TO THE SAID SECOND BED OF THE SERIES, RECOMPRESSING THE HEAT EXHANGE GAS SUFFICIENTLY FOR RECYCLING THROUGH THE CATALYST HEATING SYSTEM, REHEATING THE RECOMPRESSED HEAT EXCHANGE GAS AND RECYCLING THE REHEATED HEAT EXCHANGE GAS THROUGH THE CATALYST HEATING SYSTEM.