Abstract:
Dehydrogenatable organic compounds, diluted with steam, are dehydrogenated in the absence of free oxygen at high conversion and selectivity to less saturated compounds with a catalyst composite consisting essentially of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Ni, Pd, Pt, Ir and Os in association with tin and a metal selected from the group consisting of cesium, rubidium, thallium and cerium deposited on a support such as alumina, silica or a Group II aluminate spinel.
Abstract:
A two-stage reforming process for the production of high-octane unleaded motor fuel from low-octane naphthas. The paraffinic raffinate from an intermediate extractive distillation step is reformed over a steam-active catalyst. Several product streams produced during the various process steps are combined to produce a high-octane motor fuel.