Abstract:
This invention relates to a layered catalyst composition, a process for preparing the composition and processes for using the composition. The catalyst composition comprises an inner core such as alpha-alumina, and an outer layer bonded to the inner core composed of an outer refractory inorganic oxide such as gamma-alumina. The outer layer has uniformly dispersed thereon a platinum group metal such as platinum and a promoter metal such as tin. The composition also contains a modifier metal such as lithium. The catalyst composition shows improved durability and selectivity for dehydrogenating hydrocarbons.
Abstract:
A process for the hydrodesulfurization (HDS) of multiple condensed ring heterocyclic organosulfur compounds present in petroleum and petrochemical streams over noble metal-containing catalysts under relatively mild conditions. The noble metal is selected from Pt, Pd, Ir, Rh, and polymetallics thereof. The catalyst system also contains a hydrogen sulfide sorbent material.
Abstract:
A process for treating a full boiling range naphtha is disclosed in which the mercaptans and diolefins are removed simultaneously in a debutanizer distillation column reactor. The mercaptans are reacted with the diolefins to form sulfides which are higher boiling than the C4 and lighter portion of the naphtha which is taken as overheads. The higher boiling sulfides are removed as bottoms along with any C5 and heavier materials. The bottoms are preferably taken to a splitter where a portion is taken as overheads and a heavier portion is recovered with the sulfides. This reduced volume of naphtha may be hydrogenated to convert the sulfides to H2S and diolefins, which may be hydrogenated to olefins and alkanes.
Abstract:
A process for reverse gas flow to obtain high conversion, selective hydrotreating and product selectivity in hydroprocessing reactor systems is disclosed. In the integrated process, hydrogen recovered from a hydrotreating reactor is purified and used as a source of hydrogen for a hydrocracking reaction zone. Hydrogen recovered from the hydrocracking reaction zone is recovered without substantial cooling and used as a source of hydrogen for the hydrotreating reaction zone.
Abstract:
This invention provides a process for hydrotreating hydrocarbon resins, which process comprises contacting a feedstock comprising a hydrocarbon resin or rosin, under suitable hydrotreating conditions, with a bulk multimetallic catalyst comprised of at least one Group VIII non-noble metal and at least two Group VIB metals and wherein the ratio of Group VIB metal to Group VIII non-noble metal is from about 10:1 to about 1:10. The process according to the invention can achieve increased hydrocarbon resin productivity through increase in throughput volumes and effective catalyst lifetimes. The process of the invention is desirably practiced with a bulk catalyst consisting of only the combination of the metal species with the active metal components. The absence of carrier substrates largely removes the possibility of halogen accumulation on substrate surfaces that, in turn, can acidify metal catalysts such that additional, progressive cracking of the hydrocarbon resin molecules occurs.
Abstract:
A process for the desulfurization of a light boiling range (C5-350° F.) fluid catalytically cracked naphtha, which may be first subjected to a thioetherification to react the diolefins with mercaptans contained in it to form sulfides, is fed to a high pressure (>250 psig) catalytic distillation hydrodesulfurization step along with hydrogen under conditions to react most of the organic sulfur compounds, including sulfides from the thioetherification to form H2S. The H2S and a light product stream (C5's and C6's) are removed as overheads. The bottoms from the catalytic distillation hydrodesulfurization step is fractionated and the bottoms from the fractionation contacted with hydrogen in a straight pass hydrogenation step in the presence of a hydrodesulfurization catalyst at pressure of >250 and temperature >400° F. to further reduce the sulfur content.
Abstract:
A process for hydrotreating a hydrocarbon feed includes passing the feed into a hydrodesulphurization zone along with hydrogen, where a partially desulphurized effluent is sent to a stripping zone in which it is purified by at least one hydrogen-containing gas under conditions in which a gaseous stripping effluent containing hydrogen and hydrogen sulphide is formed along with a liquid effluent containing substantially no hydrogen sulphide.
Abstract:
An integrated distillate hydrocracking process produces one or more fuel products and one or more lube products from a first reaction stage. Heavy fractions from the first stage, which are not recovered as lube products, are cracked to fuels in a second reaction stage. This invention is intended to provide a full range of lube streams, over a wide viscosity range and a wide viscosity index range, from a fuels hydrocracker, in addition to high yields of high quality fuels.
Abstract:
A product of reduced sulfur content is produced from an olefin-containing hydrocarbon feedstock which includes sulfur-containing impurities. The feedstock is contacted with an olefin-modification catalyst in a reaction zone under conditions which are effective to produce an intermediate product which has a reduced amount of olefinic unsaturation relative to that of the feedstock as measured by bromine number. The intermediate product is then separated into fractions of different volatility, and the lowest boiling fraction is contacted with a hydrodesulfurization catalyst in the presence of hydrogen under conditions which are effective to convert at least a portion of its sulfur-containing impurities to hydrogen sulfide.
Abstract:
Sulfur content of distillate feedstock, which is greater than 3,000 wppm, is reduced using multi-stage hydrodesulfurization by reacting the feestream in stages with reaction zone(s) containing bulk multimetallic catalyst comprised of Group VIII non-noble metal(s) and at least two group VIB metals. The ratio of Group VIB to Group VIII non-noble metals is 10:1 to 1:10.