Abstract:
A hydrofining-hydrocracking process which comprises contacting a hydrocarbon feed containing more than 50 parts per million of organic nitrogen and substantial amounts of materials boiling above 200* F., said feed being selected from the group consisting of petroleum distillates, solvent-deasphalted petroleum residua, shale oils and coal tar distillates, in a reaction zone with hydrogen and a catalyst, a t hydrofining-hydrocracking conditions including a temperature in the range 400* to 950* F., a pressure in the range 800 to 3,500 psig, a liquid hourly space velocity in the range 0.1 to 5.0, and a total hydrogen supply rate of 200 to 20,000 SCF of hydrogen per barrel of feedstock, removing ammonia from the effluent from said reaction zone, and recovering hydrofined and hydrocracked products from said reaction zone, said catalyst comprising: A. A gel matrix comprising: A. AT LEAST 15 WEIGHT PERCENT SILICA, B. ALUMINA, IN AN AMOUNT PROVIDING AN ALUMINA-TO-SILICA WEIGHT RATIO OF 15/85 TO 80/20, C. Nickel or cobalt, or the combination thereof, in the form of metal, oxide, sulfide or any combination thereof, in an amount of 1 to 10 weight percent, based on said matrix, calculated as metal, D. Molybdenum or tungsten, or the combination thereof, in the form of metal, oxide, sulfide or any combination thereof, in an amount of 5 to 25 weight percent, based on said matrix, calculated as metal; B. A crystalline zeolitic molecular sieve: A. CONTAINING LESS THAN 5 WEIGHT PERCENT SODIUM, B. CONTAINING IONS SELECTED FROM Mn, rare earths of atomic numbers 58 to 71, and alkaline earths Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba, C. BEING SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF ANY CATALYTIC LOADING METALS, D. BEING IN PARTICULATE FORM AND BEING DISPERSED THROUGHOUT SAID MATRIX BY COGELATION OF SAID MATRIX AROUND SAID SIEVE; SAID CATALYST COMPOSITE BEING FURTHER CHARACTERIZED BY AN AVERAGE PORE DIAMETER BELOW 100 Angstroms and a surface area above 200 square meters per gram.
Abstract:
A HYDROCRACKING CATALYST COMPRISING A LAYERED CLAYTYPE CRYSTALLINE ALUMINOSILICATE CRACKING COMPONENT, 0.01 TO 2.0 WEIGHT PERCENT BASED ON SAID CRACKING COMPONENT AND CALCULATED AS THE METAL, OF A HYDROGENATING COMPONENT SELECTED FROM PLATINUM AND COMPOUNDS THEREOF, PALLADIUM AND COMPOUNDS THEREOF, RHODIUM AND COMPOUNDS THEREOF, RUTHENIUM AND COMPOUNDS THEREOF, IRIDIUM AND COMPOUNDS THEREOF, AND NICKEL AND COMPOUNDS THEREOF, AND 0.01 TO 5.0 WEIGHT PERCENT, BASED ON SAID CRACKING COMPONENT AND CALCULATED AS THE METAL, OF A HYDROGENATING COMPONENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ZINC AND COMPOUNDS THEREOF, AND PROCESSES USING SAID CATALYST.
Abstract:
A HYDROCRACKING CATALYST COMPRISING A CRYSTALLINE ZEOLITIC MOLECULAR SIEVE CRACKING COMPONENT, 0.01 TO 2.0 WEIGHT PERCENT, BASED ON SAID CRACKING COMPONENT AND CALCULATED AS THE METAL, OF A HYDROGENATING COMPONENT SELECTED FROM THE METALS PLATINUM, PALLADIUM, RHODIUM, RUTHENIUM, IRIDIUM, AND COMPOUNDS OF SAID METALS, AND 0.01 TO 5.0 WEIGHT PERCENT, BASED ON SAID CRACKING COMPONENT AND CALCULATED AS THE METAL, OF A HYDROGENATING COMPONENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF GOLD AND COMPOUNDS OF GOLD, AND PROCESSES USING SAID CATALYST.
Abstract:
The method of treating a catalyst comprising a layered crystalline clay-type aluminosilicate component, to restore thereto at least a portion of the hydrocracking activity lost by dehydration, or to prevent dehydration-caused activity decline thereof during hydrocracking process operation, which comprises adding water to said catalyst.
Abstract:
A HYDROCRACKING CATALYST COMPRISING A CRYSTALLINE ZEOLITIC MOLECULAR SIEVE CRACKING COMPONENT, 0.01 TO 2.0 WEIGHT PERCENT, BASED ON SAID CRACKING COMPONENT AND CALCULATED AS THE METAL, OF A HYDROGENATING COMPONENT SELECTED FROM PLATINUM, PALLADIUM AND IRIDIUM AND COMPOUNDS OF PLATINUM, PALLADIUM AND IRIDIUM, AND 0.01 TO 2.0 WEIGHT PERCENT, BASED ON SAID CRACKING COMPONENT AND CALCULATED AS THE METAL, OF A HYDROGENATING COMPONENT F SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF RHENIUM AND COMPOUNDS OF RHENIUM, AND PROCESSES USING SAID CATALYST.
Abstract:
A CATALYST COMPRISING AN ULTRA-STABLE CRYSTALLINE ZEOLITE MOLECULAR SIEVE COMPONENT SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF ANY CATALYTIC METAL OR METALS, A SILICA-CONTAINING GEL COMPONENT, A GROUP VI HYDDROGENATING COMPONENT, AND A GROUP VIII HYDROGENATING COMPONENT, AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAID CATALYST.