Abstract:
A high-viscosity-index mineral lubricating oil is produced by treating, for instance, a deasphalted residuum or a raw, heavy lubricating distillate oil in a two-stage process. The feedstock is first catalytically hydrocracked, then catalytically hydrogenated and can be fractionated and dewaxed to produce a finished product. Catalysts such as nickel-tungstate on boriaalumina and nickel-molybdate on alumina are employed in the two stages, respectively. The catalysts are preferably used in sulfided form.
Abstract:
A hydrocracking catalyst comprising a layered clay-type 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, and iridium 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 chromium and compounds thereof and tungsten and compounds thereof, and processes using said catalyst.
Abstract:
The coking process disclosed herein provides a method for producing high quality petroleum coke which is particularly suitable for use in manufacturing electrothermic graphite electrodes. A high-boiling gas oil fraction is obtained from the overhead products produced during the coking of a petroleum oil residuum. This high-boiling gas oil fraction is segregated during the manufacture of regular or average quality petroleum coke and is subsequently coked in a separate coking operation under delayed coking conditions of time, temperature and pressure to produce a superior quality petroleum coke.
Abstract:
A process for visbreaking a heavy petroleum fraction wherein the effluent of the visbreaking heater is quenched by admixture with an overhead liquid produced by condensation of the overhead vapors of a secondary flash zone. The visbreaker effluent is then passed into a rectified flash zone, with the bottoms liquid of the rectified flash zone forming the feed stream to the secondary flash zone.
Abstract:
Refining of crude petroleum by fractionally distilling the crude into lighter cuts and distillate bottoms constituting more than 50% of the crude. Hydrogenating the distillate bottoms at a temperature above 700.degree. C. in a tubular reactor to produce saturated hydrocarbons, some gas and a solid carbonaceous material. Separating the solid material in a cyclone and returning the hydrogenated oil to the fractionating column. Passing the solid carbonaceous material by an extruder to a second tubular reactor in contact with a mixture at a temperature above 750.degree. C. of steam, 1 and 2 carbon atom gases, and combustion products containing O.sub.2 from a third cyclone. Discharging the reaction products containing unreacted carbonaceous material together with substantially no O.sub.2, production of H.sub.2 and increased amounts of CO and CO.sub.2 into a second cyclone. Separating the gaseous products from the solid, recovering H.sub.2 and passing it to the first reactor tube. Extracting heat from the gaseous reaction products to superheat the steam entering the second tubular reactor and to preheat the distillate bottoms prior to entrance in the first tubular reactor. Passing the remaining solid carbonaceous material by an extruder together with excess O.sub.2 into a third tubular reactor to effect substantially complete combustion. Discharging the unburned solid residue and combustion gases into a third cyclone from which the combustion gases are sent to the second tubular reactor and the residue containing ash is discharged from the system.