Abstract:
ISOMERIZABLE HYDROCARBONS SUCH AS PARAFFINS, CYCLOPARAFFINS, OLEFINS AND ALKYL AROMATICS ARE ISOMERIZED BY UTILIZING A CATALYTIC COMPOSITE CONTAINING CATALYTICALLY EFFECTIVE AMOUNTS OF A PLATINUM GROUP COMPONENT AND A GROUP IV-A METALLIC COMPONENT COMBINED WITH A CARRIER MATERIAL OF ALUMINA AND A FINELY DIVIDED CRYSTALLINE ALUMINOSILICATE SUCH AS MORDENITE. ALSO DISCLOSED IS A CATALYTIC COMPOSITE COMPRISING A PLATINUM GROUP COMPONENT, A GROUP IV-A METALLIC COMPONENT AND A FRIEDEL-CRAFTS METAL HALIDE COMPONENT COMBINED WITH A CARRIER MATERIAL OF ALUMINA AND A FINELY DIVIDED CRYSTALLINE ALUMINOSILICATE.
Abstract:
DEHYDROGENATABLE HYDROCARBONS ARE DEHYDROGENATED BY CONTACTING THEM AT DEHYDROGENATION CONDITIONS WITH A CATALYTIC COMPOSITE COMPRISING A COMBINATION OF CATALYTICALLY EFFECTIVE AMOUNTS OF A PLATINUM GROUP COMPONENT, A RHENIUM COMPONENT, A GROUP VI TRANSITION METAL COMPONENT AND AN ALKALI OR ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPONENT WITH A POROUS CARRIER MATERIAL. A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF THE CATALYTIC COMPOSITE DISCLOSED HEREIN IS A COMBINATION OF PLA;TINUM, RHENIUM, TUNGSTEN AND ALKALI OR ALKALINE EARTH METAL WITH A GAMMA-ALUMINA CARRIER MATERIALIN AMOUNTS SUFFICIENT TO RESULT IN THE COMPOSITE CONTAINING, ON AN ELEMENTAL BASIS, ABOUT 0.05 TO 1 WT. PERCENT PLATINUM, ABOUT 0.05 TO 1 WT. PERCENT RHENIUM, ABOUT 0.01 TO 1 WT. PERCENT TUNGSTEN AND ABOUT 0.1 TO 5 WT. PERCENT OF THE ALKALI OR ALKALINE EARTH METAL.
Abstract:
A catalytic composite, comprising a platinum or palladium component, an iridium component, and a Group IVA metallic component combined with a carrier material containing alumina and a finely divided, zeolitic crystalline aluminosilicate, is disclosed. A specific example of the catalytic composites disclosed herein is a composite containing 0.01 to 2 wt. percent platinum or palladium, 0.01 to 2 wt. percent iridium and 0.01 to 5 wt. percent germanium, tin, or lead combined with a gammaalumina carrier material having 0.1 to 20 wt. percent of the hydrogen form of mordenite uniformly distributed therethrough. Principal utility of these catalytic composites is, broadly, in processes for the conversion of hydrocarbons and, more particularly, in a process for the production of LPG and a high octane reformate.
Abstract:
HYDROCARBONS ARE CONVERTED BY CONTACTING AT CONVERSION CONDITIONS, WITH A CATALYTIC COMPOSITE COMPRISING COMBINATION OF CATALYTICALLY EFFECTIVE AMOUNTS OF A PLATINUM GROUP COMPONENT, A GROUP VI-B TRANSITION METAL COMPONENT AND A GROUP IV-A METALLIC COMPONENT WITH A POROUS CARRIER MATERIAL. A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF THE DISCLOSED HYDROCARBON CONVERSION PROCESS IS A PROCESS FOR THE REFORMING OF A GASOLINE FRACTION IN WHICH THE GASOLINE FRACTION AND HYDROGEN ARE CONTACTED, AT REFORMING CONDITIONS, WITH A CATALYTIC COMPOSITE COMPRISING A COMBINATION OF CATALYTICALLY EFFECTIVE AMOUNTS OF A PLATINUM COMPONENT, PONENT, A TUNGSTEN COMPONENT, A GERMANIUM COMPONENT, AND A HALOGEN COMPONENT WITH AN ALUMINA CARRIER MATERIAL.
Abstract:
HYDROCARBONS ARE CONVERTED BY CONTACTING, AT CONVERSION CONDITIONS, WITH A CATALYTIC COMPOSITE COMPRISING A COMBINATION OF CATALYTICALLY EFFECTIVE AMOUNTS OF A PLATINUM GROUP COMPONENT, AN IRON COMPONENT, AND A GROUP IV-A METALLIC COMPONENT WITH A POROUS CARRIER MATERIAL. A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF THE DISCLOSED HYDROCARBON CONVERSION PROCESS IS A PROCESS FOR REFORMING A GASOLINE FRACTION WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING THE GASOLINE FRACTION AND HYDROGEN, AT REFORMING CONDITIONS, WITH A CATALYTIC COMPOSITE COMPRISING A COMBINATION OF CATALYTICALLY EFFECTIVE AMOUNTS OF A PLATINUM COMPONENT, AN IRON COMPONENT, A GERMANIUM COMPONENT AND A HALOGEN COMPONENT WITH AN ALUMINA CARRIER MATERIAL.
Abstract:
A DEACTIVATED HYDROCARBON CONVERSION CATALYST, WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF A PLATINUM GROUP COMPONENT, A RHENIUM COMPONENT AND A HALOGEN COMPONENT WITH A POROUS CARRIER MATERIAL AND WHICH HAS BENN DEACTIVATED BY DEPOSITION OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL THEREON DURING A PREVIOUS CONTACTING WITH A HYDROCARBON CHARGE STOCK AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE, IS REGENERATED BY THE SEQUEENTIAL STEPS OF:(1E) BURNING CARBON THEREFRROM AT A RELATIVELY LOW TEMPERATURE WITH A GAS STREAM CONTAINING HALOGEN OR A HALOGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUND, H2O, AND A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF 32, (2) TREATING THE RESULTING PARTIALLY REGENERATED CATLYST AT A RELATIVELY HIGHER TEMPERATURE WITH A GAS STREAM CONTAINING A HALOGEN OR A HALOGENCONTAINING COMPOUND, H2O, AND A RELATIVELY HIGHER AMOUNT OF O2, (3) PURGING O2 AND H2OO FROM CONTACT WITH THE RESULTING CATALYST, AND, (4) SUBJECTING THE RESULTING CATALYST TO CONTACT WITH A DRY HYDROGEN STREAM. KEY FEATURES OF THE DISCLOSED METHOD ARE: (1) PRESENCE OF WATER AND HALOGEN IN THE GAS STREAM USED IN THE CARBON-BURNING STEP AND IN THE OXYGEN-TREATING STEP, (2) CAREFUL CONTROL OF THE TEMPERATURE DURING EACH STEP, (3) MAINTENCE OF THE HALOGEN CONTENT OF THE CATALYST AT A RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL DURING THE ENTIRE REGENERATION PROCEDURE, AND (4) CAREFUL CONTROL OVER THE COMPOSITION OF THE GAS STREAMS USED IN THE VARIOUS STEPS THEREOF.
Abstract:
A substantially sulfur-free gasoline fraction is catalytically reformed by contacting it and a substantially sulfur-free hydrogen stream with a substantially sulfur-free, bimetallic catalyst comprising a combination of a platinum group component, a germanium component and a halogen component with a porous carrier material, at reforming conditions. Key features of the disclosed process are: (1) use of substantially sulfur-free charge stock and hydrogen stream; (2) maintenance of substantially all of the platinum group component of the bimetallic catalyst in the elemental state; (3) presence of substantially all of the germanium component of the bimetallic catalyst in an oxidation state above that of the elemental metal, and (4) maintenance of the bimetallic catalyst in a substantially sulfur-free state during the processing period.
Abstract:
A GASOLINE FRACTION IS CATALYTICALLY REFORMED BY CONTACTING THE GASOLINE FRACTION, HYDROGEN AND A HALOGEN ADDITIVE WITH A BIMETALLIC CATALYST, COMPRISING A COMBINATION OF A PLATINUM GROUP COMPONENT, A GERMANIUM COMPONENT AND A HALOGEN COMPONENT WITH A POROUS CARRIER MATERIAL, AT REFORMING CONDITIONS. KEY FEATURES OF THE PRESENT PROCESS ARE: (1) USE OF A HALOGEN ADDITIVE IN AN AMOUNT OF ABOUT 0.1 TO 25 P.PM. OF THE GASOLINE FRACTION; (2) MAINTENANCE OF SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE PLATINUM GROUP COMPONENT OF THE CATALYST IN THE ELEMENTAL METALLIC STATE; AND (3) OPERATION WITH SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE GERMANIUM COMPONENT OF THE CATALYST IN A POSITIVE OXIDATION STATE.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR HYDROTREATING HYDROCARBONS AND MIXTURES OF HYDROCARBONS UTILIZING A CATALYTIC COMPOSITE OF A ROUS CARRIER MATERIAL, A GROUP VIII NOBLE METAL COMPONENT AND A GERMANIUM COMPONENT. APPLICABLE TO CHARGE STOCKS CONTAINING SULFUROUS COMPOUNDS AND AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, THE HYDROTREATING CONDITIONS CAN BE CONTROLLED TO EFFECT A PARTICULAR END RESULT INCLUDING THE RING-OPENING OF CYCLIC HYDROCARBON, DESULFURIZATION, DENITRIFICATION, SELECTIVE OLEFIN SATURATION, ETC.