Abstract:
Hydrocarbon oils, preferably residual fractions, are catalytically hydroprocessed to remove metals, sulfur, and Conradson Carbon Residue by contacting the oil sequentially with three or more catalysts having sequentially decreasing average pore diameters and sequentially increasing surface areas.
Abstract:
An amorphous aluminosilicate sol with uniform size particles and a porous amorphous aluminosilicate powder are useful as catalyst in petroleum cracking. Water is removed from the sol without gelling so that the particles become uniformly packed into aggregates having pores of substantially uniform size and coating said powder with a surface layer 0 to 15% by weight of a metal or metal oxide, said powder having a specific surface area of 30 to 750 m.sup.2 /g, a bulk density of 0.5 g/cc or more and substantially uniform size pore diameters of from 20 A to 250 A, with pore diameters of 20 A to 45 A having a uniformity such that at least 90% of the pore volume is made up of pores of from 0.6D to 1.4D and pore diameters of 45 A to 250 A having a uniformity such that at least 80% of the pore volume is made up of pores of from 0.6D to 1.4D, where D is the median pore diameter.
Abstract:
Hydrocarbon hydroconversion, especially hydrocarbon reforming, using catalysts whose supports have been prepared by a sol-gel process. For hydrocarbon reforming, it is preferred that the primary particles used to prepare the porous gel should have been prepared by a vapor phase condensation method, for example flame hydrolysis and that the support should have a narrow pore size distribution. The process produces much less gas by hydrocracking at given aromatics yields than comparative processes using conventional catalysts.
Abstract:
A heavy hydrocarbon stream containing metals, asphaltenes, nitrogen compounds, and sulfur compounds is (a) contacted with hydrogen and a hydrotreating catalyst containing molybdenum and chromium, either as metals, as oxides, as sulfides, or mixtures thereof, deposed on a large-pore, catalytically active alumina to reduce the metals content in said stream, to convert the asphaltenes, nitrogen compounds, and sulphur compounds in said stream, the catalyst has a pore volume within the range of about 0.4 cc/gm to about 0.8 cc/gm, a surface area within the range of about 150 m.sup.2 /gm to about 300 m.sup.2 /gm, and an average pore diameter within the range of about 100 A (10 nm) to about 200 A (20 nm); and (b) at least a portion of the hydrotreated stream is cracked with a cracking catalyst to produce gasoline and distillates in improved yields. The catalyst in step (a) may also contain cobalt.
Abstract:
A catalyst is provided which comprises a hydrogenation component composited with an alumina-containing support. The catalyst has a median pore radius ranging from about 70 to about 95 Angstroms and a specified pore size distribution. A preferred catalyst is cobalt-molybdenum on alumina. Also provided is a hydrotreating process utilizing said catalyst.
Abstract:
A catalyst is provided which comprises a hydrogenation component composited with an alumina-containing support. The catalyst has a median pore radius ranging from about 70 to about 95 Angstroms and a narrow specified pore size distribution in a range of 10 Angstroms above and 10 Angstroms below the median pore radius. A preferred catalyst is cobalt-molybdenum on alumina. Also provided is a hydrodesulfurization process utilizing said catalyst.
Abstract:
A two-stage hydrotreating process is provided in which a heavy hydrocarbon feed is treated with hydrogen and a small pore catalyst in a first zone and the hydrotreated hydrocarbon product is treated in a second zone with hydrogen and a larger pore catalyst having a specific pore size distribution.
Abstract:
SILICA XEROGELS HAVING A NARROW PORE DIAMETER DISTRIBUTION IN THE RANGE OF 300-600 A., AND SURFACE AREAS IN THE RANGE OF FROM 200-500 M.2/G., PORE VOLUMES IN THE RANGE OF 2.0-3.5 CM.3/G. AND THE PROCESS OF PREPARING SUCH XEROGELS COMPRISING CRITICALLY CONTROLLED STEPS OF PRECITATION OF THE SILICA GEL, AGING THE PRECIPITATED SILICA HYDROGEL SLURRY, CONTROLLING THE LEVEL OF ALKALINE MATERIAL IN THE PRECIPITATED HYDROGEL SLURRY BY WASHING THE AGED PRODUCT AND DRYING THE GEL BY AZEOTROPIC DISTILLATION WITH A SOLVENT WHICH IS NON-MISCIBLE WITH WATER. ALSO, A PROCESS FOR PREPARING SUCH XEROGELS WHEREIN THE NON-WATER MISCIBLE SOLVENT IS CONTINUOUSLY RECYCLED SO THAT A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF SOLVENT NEED BE USED.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an ultra-stable rare earth type Y molecular sieve and the preparation method thereof, which method is carried out by subjecting a NaY molecular sieve as the raw material to a rare earth exchange and a dispersing pre-exchange, then to an ultra-stabilization calcination treatment. The molecular sieve comprises 1 to 20% by weight of rare earth oxide, not more than 1.2% by weight of sodium oxide, has a crystallinity of 51 to 69%, and a lattice parameter of 2.451 nm to 2.469 nm. In contrast to the prior art, in the molecular sieve prepared by this method, rare earth ions are located in sodalite cages, which is demonstrated by the fact that no rare earth ion is lost during the reverse exchange process. Moreover, the molecular sieve prepared by such a method has a molecular particle size D(v,0.5) of not more than 3.0 μm and a D(v,0.9) of not more than 20 μm. Cracking catalysts using the molecular sieve as an active component is characterized by a high heavy-oil-conversion capacity and a high yield of valuable target products.
Abstract:
The invention relates to Cu—Al—Mn shaped catalyst bodies in extruded form, and to a process for their preparation. The shaped catalyst body is suitable for the hydrogenation of organic compounds containing a carbonyl function, in particular for the hydrogenation of aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids and/or their esters. In particular, the shaped catalyst body is suitable for the hydrogenation of fatty acids or their esters, such as fatty acid methyl esters, to form the corresponding alcohols and dicarboxylic acid anhydrides, such as maleic anhydride, or esters of di-acids and di-alcohols, such as butane diol.