Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE SEMI-CONTINUOUS REGENERATION OF THE POISONED CATALYST IN A CLOSED, USUALLY HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM. A PORTION OF THE CATALYST WHICH IS MAINTAINED IN AN EBULLATED BED IN A REACTOR, USUALLY UNDER HIGH PRESSURE, IS ALLOWED TO FLOW BY GRAVITY TO A CATALYST WASH VESSEL WHICH IS UNDER ESSENTIALLY THE SAME PRESSURE AS THE REACTOR. A WASH LIQUID IS FLOWED UPWARD THROUGH THE CATALYST IN THE WASH VESSEL TO WASH DEACTIVATING MATERIAL FROM THE CATALYST. ON COMPLETION OF CATALYST WASHING, FLOW OF THE WASH LIQUID IS INCREASED SUFFICIENTLY TO WASH AT LEAST A PORTION OF REGENERATED CATALYST BACK INTO THE REACTION. THE INVENTION FINDS PARTICULAR UTILITY IN A RESIDUAL OIL HYDROCRACKING HYDROSULFURIZATION PROCESS.
Abstract:
CRYSTALLINE ALUMINOSILICATE CATALYSTS CHARACTERIZED BY A SILICA TO ALUMINA MOLE RATIO OF GREATER THAN ABOUT 6 AND A PORE SIZE RANGING FROM ABOUT 5 TO ABOUT 13 ANGSTROM UNITS LOSE THEIR ACTIVITY AFTER CONSIDERABLE USE IN HYDROCARBON CONVERSION REACTIONS AND ARE REGENERATED BY CONTACT, UNDER PARTICULARLY DEFINED CONDITIONS, WITH A SOURCE OF HYDROGEN IONS OR HYDROGEN ION PRECURSORS.
Abstract:
IN THE HYDROGENATION OF AROMATIC AND OLEFIN HYDROCARBONS CONTAINING ABOUT 1-200 PARTS PER MILLON BY WEIGHT OF SULFUR, NICKEL AND COBALT CATALYSTS ARE DEACTIVATED AND ARE DIFFICULATE TO REGENERATED. IF HOWEVER, A SILICA CARRIER IS EMPLOYED, THE REGENERATION OF THE CATALYSTS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE SUCCESSIVE STEPS OF HEATING THE DEACTIVATED CATALYSTS WITH A GAS CONTAINING MOLECULAR OXYGEN AT 300-600*C., CONTACTING RESULTANT COOLED CATALYST WITH LIQUID WATER AT ABOUT 0-250*C. AND THE WITH HYDROGEN AT 200-500*C. THIS REGENERATION PROCESS DOES NOT WORK SATISFACTORY WITH ALUMINA AS A CARRIER.
Abstract:
PROCESS FOR REGENERATING FLUORINATION CATALYSTS OF THE CHROMOXY-FLUORIDE GROUP, WHEREIN HYDROGEN FLUORIDE IS PASSED OVER THE CATALYST AT 100*-600*C. IN AN AMOUNT OF AT LEAST 5 G. PER LITER OF CATALYST PER HOUR. BY THE PROCESS THE INITIAL ACTIVITY OF SAID CATALYSTS CAN BE RESTORED IN AN ECONOMIC WAY.
Abstract:
A CARBONIZED, UNSUPPORTED VANADIUM SULFIDE CATALYST IS REGENERATED WITH HYDROGEN SULFIDE OR ELEMENTAL SULFUR BY WAY OF A TWO-STAGE TREATMENT AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES. THE FIRST STAGE IS EFFECTED AT TEMPERATURES ABOVE ABOUT 500*C., WHEREBY CARBON DISULFIDE IS FORMED, AND THE SECOND STAGE IS EFFECTED AT TEMPERATURES BELOW ABOUT 500* C., WHEREBY VANADIUM TETRASULFIDE IS FORMED. IN A PREFERRED METHOD, THE CARBONIZED CATALYST AND ELEMENTAL SULFUR ARE CONTACTED AND HEATED IN A HYDROGEN SULFIDE ATMOSPHERE. FURTHER, CARBON DISULFIDE MAY BE USED AT THE LOWER TEMPERATURE TO FORM THE VANADIUM TETRASULFIDE.
Abstract:
In a process where sulfur oxides have been removed from gas streams by adsorption onto activated carbon in the form of sulfuric acid, regeneration of the sulfuric acid laden activated carbon is accomplished in two stages by first contact the carbon at a temperature below 570* F. with hydrogen sulfide to form sulfur dioxide, which is recovered, and elemental sulfur which remains adsorbed on the carbon. The carbon with elemental sulfur adsorbed thereon is then contacted in the second stage with methane or natural gas at temperatures between from 800* to 1,300* F. to form hydrogen sulfide for the first stage and carbon disulfide. The addition of water, as steam, to the second stage converts the carbon disulfide to additional amounts of hydrogen sulfide for use in the first stage.
Abstract:
METAL HALIDE CATALYST SLUDGES CAN BE RESTORED TO ACTIVITY AFTER A PERIOD OF USE BY BEING INTRODUCED INTO A REGENERATOR CONSISTING OF AN OUTER VESSEL, A CONCENTRIC DRAFT TUBE WITHIN THE VESSEL, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING HYDROGEN AND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING HEAT TO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE VESSEL AND THE DRAFT TUBE, MEANS FOR REMOVING HYDROGEN ABOVE A LIQUID LEVEL MAINTAINED IN THE VESSEL , AND MEANS FOR INTRODUCTING SLUDGE AND REMOVING REACTIVATED CATALYST FROM THE VESSEL.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR INCREASING THE CONCENTRATION OF A DEPLETED SODIUM CHLORIDE BRINE SOLUTION BY INTRODUCING SALT OF ABOUT MINUS 6 U.S. SIEVE SIZE AND CONTAINING CALCIUM SULFATE AS AN IMPURITY INTO THE TOP OF A VERTICAL SALT-BED FREE FIRST COLUMN THROUGH WHICH BRINE AT A PH OF ABOVE ABOUT 3.5 IS FLOWING UPWARDLY AT A LINEAR FLOW RATE BETWEEN ABOUT 15 AND 25 FEET PER MINUTE, THE BRINE IN THE FIRST COLUMN THEN OVERFLOWING INTO A SECOND SALT-BED FREE COLUMN WHERE THE LINEAR DOWNWARDLY FLOW RATE IS BETWEEN ABOUT 0.1 AND 3 FEET PER MINUTE, WHEREBY THE SALT PARTICLES ARE PARTIALLY DISSOLVED IN THE FIRST COLUMN UNTIL THEY ARE CARRIED OVER INTO THE SECOND COLUMN WHERE THEY FALL FREELY THROUGH THE DOWNWARDLY FLOWING BRINE SOLUTION UNTIL ESSENTIALLY COMPLETELY DISSOLVED AT A POINT ABOVE A TRAP FOR UNDISSOLVED CALCIUM SULFATE, THEREBY PRODUCING AS EFFLUENT FROM THE SECOND COLUMN A CONCENTRATED BRINE SOLUTION LOW IN CALCIUM ION CONCENTRATION.
Abstract:
A deactivated hydrocarbon conversion catalyst, which is a combination of a platinum group component, a rhenium component, a halogen component, and a sulfur component with an alumina carrier material and which has been deactivated by deposition of carbonaceous material thereon during a previous contacting with a hydrocarbon charge stock at hydrocarbon conversion conditions, is regenerated by the sequential steps of: (1) stripping the sulfur therefrom by contacting with a first gaseous mixture comprising hydrogen, H2O, and HCl; (2) purging hydrogen from contact with the catalyst with an inert gas stream; (3) burning carbon from the resulting catalyst at a relatively low temperature with a substantially sulfur-free second gaseous mixture containing relatively small amounts of oxygen, H2O, and HCl; (4) treating the resulting catalyst with the second gaseous mixture at a relatively high temperature; (5) purging oxygen from contact with the catalyst with an inert gas stream; and (6) reducing the resulting catalyst by contacting with a substantially sulfur-free third gaseous mixture comprising hydrogen, H2O, and HCl. Key feature of the subject regeneration method involves the use of both H2O and HCl in the gaseous mixtures used in the four major steps thereof (i.e., steps (1), (3), (4), and (6)). Furthermore, in all of these steps the mole ratio of H2O to HCl in the gas streams is maintained at a value selected from the range of about 20:1 to about 100:1.