Abstract:
AN OXIDATIVE SWEETENING PROCESS USING A CATALYST COMPRISING A COPPER SALT AND A GROUP VII IRON GROUP METAL SALT, PREFERABLY IRON. THE CATALYST CAN BE EITHER SUPPORTED OR UNSUPPORTED. THE UNSUPPORTED CATALYST CAN BE PREPARED BY PHYSICALLY ADMIXING AND PELLETIZING COPPER CHLORIDE AND FERRIC OXIDE OR IMPREGNATING GELATINOUS IRON OXIDE WITH A SOLUTION OF COPPER CHLORIDE.
Abstract:
THE ACID NUMBER OF A HYDROCARBON FRACTION IS REDUCED BY CONTACTING THE HYDROCARBON FRACTION AND A NITROGEN CONTAINING COMPOUND SUCH AS AMMONIA WITH A SOLID CAT-
ALYST HAVING A SURFACE AREA GREATER THAN 15 M.2/G., SUCH AS TITANIUM OXIDE ON ALUMINA.
Abstract:
1. A PROCESS FOR TREATING A HYDROCARBON FRACTION HAVING A CARBOXYLIC ACID CONTENT AS MEASURED BY AN ACID NUMBER IN EXCESS OF 0.1 TO PRODUCE A PRODUCT HAVING A REDUCED CARBOXYLIC ACID CONTENT AS MEASURED BY AN ACID NUMBER OF LESS THAN 0.1 WHICH COMPRISES: CONTACTING SAID PETROLEUM FRACTION AND A LOWER ALCOHOL HAVING THE FORMULA: ROH WHERE R IS A LOWER ALLKYL GROUP HAVING FROM 1 TO 3 CARBON ATOMS AND WHEREIN THE AMOUNT OF SAID LOWER ALCOHOL IS AT LEAST THAT AMOUNT STOICHIOMETRICALLY REQUIRED TO REDUCE THE ACID NUMBER OF THE HYDROCARBON FRACTION FROM IN EXCESS OF 0.1 TO LESS THAN 0.1; AT A TEMPERATURE FROM 200* F. TO THE THERMAL CRACKING TEMPERATURE OF SAID PETROLEUM FRACTION; AND WITH A SOLID CATALYST HAVING A SURFACE AREA GREATER THAN 15 M.2/G. COMPRISING AN OXIDE OF A METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE METAL FROM GROUP IVB; ALUMINUM; GERMANIUM; TIN; LEAD; ZINC; AND CADMIUM.
Abstract:
1. A SUBSTANTIALLY PHOSPHATE-FREE CATALYST FOR THE HYDRODESULFURIZATION OF HYDROCARBONS BOILING ABOVE ABOUT 400*F. CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF FROM ABOUT 5 TO ABOUT 30 PERCENTAGE BY WEIGHT OF GROUP VI AND GROUP VIII HYDROGENATING COMPONENTS, SAID CONPONENTS BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE METALS, THEIR OXIDES AND SULFIDES, WITH THE ATOMIC RATIO OF GROUP VIII METAL TO GROUP VI METAL BEING FROM ABOUT 1:0.3 TO ABOUT 1:5, SUPPORTED ON A NON-ZEOLITIC REFRACTORY OXIDE CARRIER, AND PROMOTED WITH FROM ABOUT 1 TO ABOUT 10 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF A GROUP IV-B METAL PRESENT AS THE OXIDE
Abstract:
A COPPER-IRON GROUP METAL CATALYST USEFUL IN TH CONVERSION OF THIOLS TO DISULFIDES IS PREPARED BY FORMING AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF SODIUM OR POTASSIUM SUKICATE, AND A SOLUBLE IRON GROUP METAL SALT, SUCH AS FERRIC CHLORIDE, AND COGELLING THE SOLUTION WITH A BASIC AGENT, SUCH AS AMMONIA, TO FORM A PRECIPITATE. THIS PRECIPIATATE IS OPTIONALLY DRIED AND/OR CALCINED BEFORE THE ADDITION THERETO OF A COPPER SALT, SUCH AS COPPER CHLORIDE. AFTER THE ADDITION OF THE COPPER SALT, THE COMPOSITE IS DRIED AND CALCINED.
Abstract:
1. A PROCESS FOR HYDRODESULFURIZING A FEED RESIDUAL OIL COMPRISING CONTACTING THE FEED OIL AND HYDROGEN WITH A HYDROSULFURIZATION CATALYST AT A TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 600 TO ABOUT 1,000* F., A LIQUID HOURLY SPACE VELOCITY OF FROM ABOUT 0.1 TO ABOUT 10 VOLUMES OF FEED OIL PER VOLUME OF CATALYST PER HOUR AND A HYDROGEN FEED RATE OF FROM ABOUT 500 TO ABOUT 10,000 STANDARD CUBIC FEED OF HYDROGEN PER BARREL OF FEED OIL, SAID CATALYST COMPRISING A MINOR AMOUNT OF GROUP VI AND GROUP VIII METALS WITH A MAJOR AMOUNT OF AN ALUMINA CARRIER CONTAINING LESS THAN 1 WEIGHT PERCENT SILICA, SAID ALUMINA CARRIER COMPOSITED OF A FIRST ALUMINA OBTAINED BY DRYING AND CALCINING A CRYSTALLINE ALUMINA TRIHYDRATE AND A SECOND ALUMINA OBTAINED BY DRYING AND CALCINING A CRYSTALLINE ALUMINA HYDRATE CONTAINING FROM 1.2 TO 2.6 MOLS OF WATER OF HYDRATION PER MOL OF AL2O3, THE ALUMINA TRIHYDRATE COMPRISING AN AMOUNT FROM ABOUT 2 TO ABOUT 35 WEIGHT PERCENT OF THE TOTAL OF SAID HYDRATES WHICH INCREASES THE SPECIFIC HYDRODESULFURIZATION ACTIVITY OF SAID CATALYST.
Abstract:
THE ON-STREAM LIFE IN A SWEETENING PROCESS USING A COPPER-IRON CATALYST IS EXTENDED BY INCORPORATING IN THE FEED A MINOR AMOUNT OF A NITROGEN CONTAINING COMPOUND HAVING THE FORMULA: R-N(-R'')-R" WHERE R, R'' AND R" CAN BE THE SAME OR DIFFERENT AND ARE SELECTED FROM HYDROGEN, A HYDROCARBON GROUP HAVING FROM 1 TO 10 CARBON ATOMS AND WHERE OPTIONALLY THE HYDROCARBON GROUPS CAN BE CYCLICIZED TO FORM A FIVE OR SIX MEMBERED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND. THE PREFERRED NITROGEN CONTAINING COMPOUNDS ARE AMMONIA AND PYRIDINE.
Abstract:
A COPPER-IRON GROUP METAL CATALYST USEFUL FOR THE CONVERSION OF THIOLS TO DISULFIDES IS PREPARED BY CO-IMPREGNATING A SUPPORT WITH A SOLUTION OF A COPPER SALT AND AN IRON GROUP METAL SALT BY THE METHOD OF MINIMUM EXCESS SOLUTION.
Abstract:
A PROCESSS FOR THE OXIDATIVE SWEETENING OF SOUR HYDRO-CARBONS COMPRISES CONTACTING A SOUR HYDROCARBON UNDER SWEETENING CONDITIONS WITH A DEFINED CALCINED COGELLED CATALYST COMPRISING IRON, SILICON, OXYGEN AND COPPER WHICH IS PREPARED BY FORMING A SOLUTION OF EITHER A SUBSTANTIALLY ALKALI METAL-FREE SILICA SOL OR AN ALKALI-METAL SILICATE SOL, AN IRON GROUP METAL SALT, SUCH AS FERRIC CHLORIDE, AND A COPPER SALT SUCH AS COPPER CHLORIDE, AND COGELLING THE SOLUTION WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, AMMONIA, TO FORM A PRECIPITATE WHICH IS THEN DRIED AND CALCINED.