Abstract:
A DEACTIVATED HYDROCARBON CONVERSION CATALYST WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF A PLATINUM GROUP COMPONENT, A RHENIUM COMPONENT AND A HALOGEN COMPONENT WUTH AN ALUMINA CARRIER MATERIAL AND WHICH HAS BEEN DEACTIVATED BY A DEPOSITION OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS THEREON DURING A PREVIOUS CONTACTING WUTH A HYDROCARBON CHARGE STOCK AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE, IS REGENERATED BY THE SEQUENTIAL STEPS OF: (1) BURNING CARBON THEREFROM AT A RELATIVELY LOW TEMPERATURE WITH A GAS STREAM CONTAINING H2 AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF O2, (2) CONTACTING AT A RELATIVELY HIGH TEMPERATURE WITH A GAS STREAM CONTAINING H2O AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF O2, (3) CONTACTING AT A RELATIVELY HIGH PERATURE WITH A GAS STREAM CONTAINING H2O AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF O2, (4) TREATING WITH A GAS STREAM CONTAINING HALOGEN OR A HALOGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUND AND WATER, AND (5) REDUCING WITH A DRY HYDROGEN STREAM. KEY FEATURES OF THE RESULTING METHOD ARE; (1) PRESENCE OF WATER IN THE GAS STREAM USED IN ALL STEPS EXCEPT THE REDUCTION STEP, (2) CAREFUL CONTROL OF THE TEMPERATURE DURING EACH STEP, (3) ADJUSTMENT OF HALOGEN CONTENT OF THE CATALYST PRIOR TO THE REDUCTION STEP, AND (4) CAREFUL CONTROL OVER THE COMPOSITION OF THE GAS STREAM USED IN THE VARIOUS STEPS THEREOF.
Abstract:
REGENERATING A DEACTIVATED PLATINUM CATALYST BY HEATING A PLATINUM OXIDE DEACTIVATED CATALYST ON A CARRIER AND PASSING GAS INERT IN THE SYSTEM UNDER CONDITIONS OF REGENERATION OVER THE DEACTIVATED CATALYST FOR A TIME AND AT A TEMPERATURE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE DISSOCIATION OF A PLATINUM OXIDE AND REFORM PLATINUM IN METALLIC FROM ON THE CARRIER.
Abstract:
An improved process for recycling a cobalt hydroformylation catalyst from a hydroformylation reaction which comprises feeding a hydroformylation product into a mixing zone, adding water thereto, feeding the mixture of water and hydroformylation product into a settling zone where two phases are formed, the phase containing the cobalt hydroformylation catalyst is recycled into the hydroformylation reaction.
Abstract:
A method for purging hydrogen and hydrocarbonaceous material from catalyst particles utilized in a hydrogenative hydrocarbon conversion process, which catalyst particles are removed from a hydrocarbon conversion zone and transported to an on-stream oxidative catalyst regeneration facility, or from the regeneration facility to a hydrocarbon conversion zone.
Abstract:
The present process describes a method for the reactivation of spent powdered carbon useful in the purification of wastewaters as well as other liquids. The present process obviates the disposal problems of spent carbon and the accompanying pollution of the environment. The present invention specifically discloses a continuous process for the reactivation of spent powdered carbon containing adsorbed organic matter, and having a particle size smaller than about 100 mesh, to a reactivation efficiency of at least about 80 percent, and a product yield of at least about 90 percent by weight which comprises dispersing the spent carbon in water to form an aqueous suspension having a solids content of from about 20 percent to about 35 percent by weight; atomizing the suspension with steam and passing the atomized suspension in an atmosphere substantially free of oxygen through a radiantly heated reactor vessel having a wall temperature of from about 1,200*F to about 1,900*F within a time period of from about 5 to about 30 seconds by spraying the suspension into a first zone of the reactor vessel capable of heating the suspension to a temperature of at least about 1,200*F within a period of from about 3 to about 15 seconds, and then passing the heated suspension into a second zone of the reactor vessel capable of maintaining the temperature of the suspension between about 1,200*F and about 1,900*F for the remainder of its residence within the reactor vessel to pyrolyze the impurities within the carbon; and thereafter recovering the reactivated carbon. The carbon to and from the reactor is handled in a slurry form, eliminating dust losses.