Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc.

Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

Northwestern University

Joshua I Cutler

Wenyih Frank Lai

Christine Nicole Elia

Hari Nair

Tracy Alan Fowler

Chuansheng Bai

Nicholas S Rollman

Chad A Mirkin

Doron Levin

Daniel Paul Leta

Jane C Cheng

Shifang Luke Luo

John Frances Brody

Thomas M Smith

David A Giljohann

Stephanie A Freeman

Weston Daniel

Jenna L Walp

Ke Zhang

Dan Zheng

Weston L Daniel

Disclosed are processes for conversion of a feedstock comprising Caromatic hydrocarbons to lighter aromatic products in which the feedstock and optionally hydrogen are contacted in the presence of the catalyst composition under conversion conditions effective to dealkylate and transalkylate said Caromatic hydrocarbons to produce said lighter aromatic products comprising benzene, toluene and xylene. The catalyst composition comprises a zeolite, a first metal, and a second metal, and is treated with a source of sulfur and/or a source of steam.

Heavy aromatics conversion processes and catalyst compositions used therein

The disclosure relate generally to structures, forms, and monoliths, and methods of preparing the same. This disclosure can produce uniform structured passageways or channels of active material, including adsorbent or catalyst, by imprinting or molding features into a paste on a support that can be subsequently assembled into a gas or liquid treating structure, i.e. a monolith. The paste, which can include an active material, binder, and other potential additives, can be applied to the support or pushed through a support (as in a mesh) as a thin film. The paste can be imprinted, stamped, shaped or otherwise handled to give features of desired height, shape, width, and positioning. When stacked or rolled, the features of one layer contact a subsequent layer, which seal to form passageways. The resulting structure can have high cell-density (&#x3e;1000 cells per square inch) and a large volume fraction of active material.

High capacity structures and monoliths via paste imprinting

Structured adsorbent beds comprising a high cell density substrate, such as greater than about 1040 cpsi, and a coating comprising adsorbent particles, such as DDR and a binder, such as SiOare provided herein. Methods of preparing the structured adsorbent bed and gas separation processes using the structured adsorbent bed are also provided herein.

Structured adsorbent beds, methods of producing the same and uses thereof

Disclosed is a catalyst composition and its use in a process for the conversion of a feedstock containing C+ aromatic hydrocarbons to produce light aromatic products, comprising benzene, toluene and xylene. The catalyst composition comprises a first zeolite having a constraint index of 3 to 12, a second zeolite comprising a mordenite zeolite synthesized from TEA or MTEA, at least one first metal of Group 10 of the IUPAC Periodic Table, and at least one second metal of Group 11 to 15 of the IUPAC Periodic Table, wherein said mordenite zeolite has a mesopore surface area of greater than 30 m/g and said mordenite zeolite comprises agglomerates composed of primary crystallites, wherein said primary crystallites have an average primary crystal size as measured by TEM of less than 80 nm and an aspect ratio of less than 2.

Catalyst compositions and use in heavy aromatics conversion processes

Disclosed is a catalyst composition and its use in a process for the conversion of a feedstock containing C+ aromatic hydrocarbons to produce light aromatic products, comprising benzene, toluene and xylene. The catalyst composition comprises a mordenite zeolite synthesized from TEA or MTEA, optionally at least one first metal of Group 10 of the IUPAC Periodic Table, and optionally at least one second metal of Group 11 to 15 of the IUPAC Periodic Table, wherein said mordenite zeolite has a mesopore surface area of greater than 30 m/g and said mordenite zeolite comprises agglomerates composed of primary crystallites, wherein said primary crystallites have an average primary crystal size as measured by TEM of less than 80 nm and an aspect ratio of less than 2.

Disclosed are catalyst compositions and their use in a process for the conversion of a feedstock containing C+ aromatic hydrocarbons to produce light aromatic products, comprising benzene, toluene and xylene. The catalyst composition comprises a zeolite which comprises a MOR framework structure and a MFI and/or MEL framework structure, (b) at least one first metal of Group 10 of the IUPAC Periodic Table, and (c) optionally at least one second metal of Group 11 to 15 of the IUPAC Periodic Table. In one or more embodiments, the MOR framework structure comprises mordenite, preferably a mordenite zeolite having small particle size. The MFI framework structure preferably comprises ZSM-5, and the MEL framework structure preferably comprises ZSM-11.

Catalyst compositions and their use in transalkylation of heavy aromatics to xylenes

The present disclosure is directed to compositions comprising templated nanoconjugates and methods of their use.

Templated nanoconjugates

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Somerville, NJ, United States of America

Joshua I Cutler