Albemarle Corporation

Albemarle Netherlands B.v.

Francisco René Mas Cabre

Dennis N Stamires

Paul O'Connor

Michael F Brady

Erik Jeroen Laheij

Henrique Soares Cerqueira

Eelko Brevoord

Mark Hendrikus Harte

Stephan Janbroers

Oscar René Chamberlain Pravia

Fabió Lopes De Azevedo

Process for upgrading a liquid hydrocarbon feed comprising the steps of (a) preparing a slurry comprising the hydrocarbon feed having a boiling range above 350&#xb0; C. and solid particles comprising a rehydratable material, (b) thermally treating said slurry at a temperature in the range of 250 to 550&#xb0; C., (c) optionally separating the thermally treated slurry into (I) a lower boiling fraction and (ii) a higher boiling fraction containing the solid particles and formed coke, if any, and (d) separating the solid particles and formed coke, if any, from the thermally treated slurry resulting from step b) or the higher boiling fraction of step c).

Process for upgrading liquid hydrocarbon feeds

A process for the production of a ketone having a carbon number between about 20 and about 40 comprising contacting fatty acids containing from about 10 to about 21 carbons atoms with a hydrotalcite catalyst under conditions effective to decarboxylate said acids. More particularly said decarboxylation conditions comprise: a temperature in the range between about 300&#xb0; C. and about 400&#xb0; C.; a pressure in the range between about 0.01 and about 5 bar; and a weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) of from about 0.1 to about 10 hr.

Process for the decarboxylation of fatty acids

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Francisco René Mas Cabre