Texaco Inc.

Abb Lummus Global Inc.

Burton H Bartley

David E Sherwood, Jr

Pei-Shing E Dai

Randall Hughes Petty

John H Estes

Laurence D Neff

Eugene P Dai

A novel zeolite characterized by a large number of secondary pores, a substantially decreased Lattice Constant of below about 24.19 .ANG., and a substantially decreased Acid Site Density is attained by hydrothermal and acid-treating of an ultrastable Y-zeolite.

Synthesis of zeolites

A novel zeolite characterized by a large number of secondary pores, a substantially decreased lattice constant, and a substantially decreased acid site density is attained by hydrothermal and acid-treating of an ultrastable Y-zeolite or a superultrastable Y-zeolite.

A catalyst composition useful in the hydroprocessing of a sulfur- and metal-containing hydrocarbon feedstock comprises 1.0-5.0 weight percent of an oxide of nickel or cobalt and 10.0-25.0 weight percent of an oxide of molybdenum, all supported on a porous alumina support in such a manner that the molybdenum gradient of the catalyst has a value of less than 6.0 and 15-30% of the nickel or cobalt contained in the catalyst is in an acid extractable form. The catalyst is further characterized by having a total surface area of 150-210 m.sup.2 /g, a total pore volume of 0.50-0.75 cc/g, and a pore size distribution such that pores having diameters of less than 100A constitute less than 25.0%, pores having diameters of 100-160A constitute 70.0-85.0% and pores having diameters of greater than 250A constitute 1.0-15.0% of the total pore volume of the catalyst. A method for the hydroprocessing of a sulfur- and metal-containing hydrocarbon feedstock comprises contacting the feedstock with the abovedescribed catalyst and hydrogen in a manner such that the catalyst is maintained at isothermal conditions and is exposed to a uniform quality of feed. The method is particularly effective in achieving desired levels of hydrodesulfurization in vacuum residual feedstocks.

Catalyst composition for hydroprocessing petroleum feedstocks

A catalyst composition useful in the hydroprocessing of a sulfur- and metal-containing hydrocarbon feedstock comprises 1.0-5.0 weight percent of an oxide of nickel or cobalt and 10.0-25.0 weight percent of an oxide of molybdenum, all supported on a porous alumina support in such a manner that the molybdenum gradient of the catalyst has a value of less than 6.0 and 15-30% of the nickel or cobalt contained in the catalyst is in an acid extractable form. The catalyst is further characterized by having a total surface area of 150-210 m.sup.2 /g, a total more volume of 0.50-0.75 cc/g, and a pore size distribution such that pores having diameters of less than 100A constitute less than 25.0%, pores having diameters of 100-160A constitute 70.0-85.0% and pores having diameters of greater than 250A constitutes 1.0-15.0% of the total pore volume of the catalyst. A method for the hydroprocessing of a sulfur- and metal-containing hydrocarbon feedstock comprises contacting the feedstock with the abovedescribed catalyst and hydrogen in a maner such that the catalyst is maintained at isothermal conditions and is exposed to a uniform quality of feed. The method is particularly effective in achieving desired levels of hydrodesulfurization in vacuum residual feedstocks.

Catalyst composition and method for hydroprocessing petroleum feedstocks

A process for the hydrotreatment of a sulfur and metal-containing hydrocarbon feed comprises contacting said feed with hydrogen and a catalyst in a manner such that the catalyst is maintained at isothermal conditions and is exposed to a uniform quality of feed, where said catalyst has a composition comprising 3.0-5.0 wt. % of an oxide of a Group VIII metal, 14.5-24.0 wt. % of an oxide of a Group VIB metal and 0-2.0 wt. % of an oxide of phosphorus supported on a porous alumina support, and said catalyst is further characterized by having a total surface area of 150-210 m.sup.2 /g and a total pore volume of 0.50-0.75 cc/g with a pore diameter distribution such that micropores having diameters of 100-160A constitute 70-85% of the total pore volume of said catalyst and macropores having diameters of greater than 250A constitute 5.5-22.0% of the total pore volume of said catalyst. The process of the instant invention is particularly effective in achieving desired levels of hydrodesulfurization in the fraction of hydrotreated/hydrocracked petroleum resid product having a boiling point greater than 1000.degree. F.

Hydrotreatment process employing catalyst with specified pore size

A fluid catalytic cracking process for sulfur-containing petroleum charge stocks wherein sulfur contained in coke deposited on the fluidized cracking catalyst in the reactor is converted to sulfur oxides in the regenerator and removed from regenerator off-gases by incorporating a composite of alumina and bismuth oxides in a particulate cracking catalyst. Sulfur oxides produced during regeneration of the catalyst by burning the coke with air in the regenerator are captured by the alumina-bismuth oxides composite and converted to hydrogen sulfide in the cracking reactor. The hydrogen sulfide so produced is readily separated from petroleum products of the catalytic cracking reaction process.

Fluid catalytic cracking

An active alumina composite and a cracking catalyst comprising the composite useful in hydrocarbon conversion processes. The composite and catalyst are particularly useful in fluid catalytic cracking processes, wherein sulfur-containing feedstock is subjected to catalytic conversion at a temperature in the range of about 800.degree. F. to about 1300.degree. F. in the presence of the catalyst which becomes sulfided during the conversion reaction and thereafter the catalyst is subjected to regeneration by burning sulfur-containing coke from the catalyst with an oxygen-containing gas at a temperature within the range of about 800.degree. to 1500.degree. F. The novel catalyst composition comprises 90 to 99 weight percent cracking catalyst and 1 to 10 weight percent of a composite of alumina and bismuth oxides containing 0.05 to 25 weight percent bismuth, calculated as the metal. This catalyst composition has the ability to remove sulfur oxides from gases to a greater extent than catalyst compositions comprising cracking catalyst and active alumina. The composition may comprise also platinum or a platinum group metal as a carbon monoxide combustion promoter.

Fluid catalytic cracking catalyst

Gaseous sulfur compounds are removed from a sulfur-containing gas mixture by reacting sulfur oxides in the gas mixture with alumina in association with bismuth. The process is particularly useful in fluid catalytic cracking of sulfur-containing petroleum charge stocks wherein sulfur is contained in coke deposited on the fluidized cracking catalyst. By the process of this invention, sulfur oxides may be removed from regenerator off-gases from a fluidized catalytic cracking unit by incorporating particulate alumina impregnated with bismuth in particulate cracking catalyst whereby sulfur oxides generated in the regeneration of the catalyst are reacted with bismuth-impregnated alumina. Sulfur oxides produced during regeneration of the catalyst by burning the coke with air are captured and converted to hydrogen sulfide in the cracking reactor. The hydrogen sulfide so produced is readily separated from petroleum products of the catalytic cracking reaction process.

In accordance with certain of its aspects, this invention relates to a finely-divided, high surface area supported catalyst containing a metal of the platinum-palladium group and a metal of the iron group wherein each of said metals is substantially uniformly distributed throughout the body of said supported catalyst--and to the use of this catalyst to prepare methane by the reaction of hydrogen and hydrocarbons.

Catalyst for the preparation of methane

In accordance with certain of its aspects, this invention relates to a finely-divided, high surface area supported catalyst containing a metal of the platinum-palladium group and a metal of the iron group wherein each of said metals is substantially uniformly distributed throughout the body of said supported catalyst -- and to the use of this catalyst to prepare methane by the reaction of hydrogen and hydrocarbons.

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Port Arthur, TX, United States of America

Burton H Bartley