1) Process flow diagram

2) Feature

Feed composition can be flexible from mixture of toluene and C9+ aromatics to 100% fresh C9+ aromatics. Ethyltoluene, which is major component of C9 aromatics, can be converted to methylated aromatics by deethylation reaction at high conversion.
High aromatics yield.
Long catalyst life (Catalyst hasn't been regenerated for more than 8 years at the 1st commercial unit at a Toray customer since it's initial start-up).

3) Commercial reference

A couple of commercial units are under operation in both Japan and outside of Japan.