Phillips Petroleum Company

Dwight L. Mckay

Michael E. Olbrich

Michael E Olbrich

Dwight L McKay

Roger W Fenstermaker

Rebecca L Jones

Richard L Anderson

Harvey D Hensley

Dean P Montgomery, Deceased

By B Montgomery

Dwight L Mckay

Method and apparatus are described whereby a caustic-treated hydrocarbon feed mixture having a contaminating concentration of water and sulfur compounds is treated by separating the hydrocarbon feed into a first stream and a second stream. The first stream is contacted with an adsorbent material to produce a reactor feed stream having a significant reduction in the concentration of the contaminating water and sulfur compounds. The reactor feed stream is thereafter contacted in the presence of hydrogen under suitable isomerization conditions with an isomerization catalyst to produce an isomerate product.

Treatment of hydrocarbons

A method for integrating several petroleum refining processes so as to efficiently produce tertiary alkyl ether compounds from a feed stream containing both saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons is disclosed. An important step for forming isoolefins in the integrated process involves simultaneous catalytic conversion of an isoparaffin to an isoolefin and an n-olefin to an n-paraffin in a combination hydrogenation/dehydrogenation reactor. The thus produced isoolefin is reacted with a primary alcohol to form the desired tertiary alkyl ether compound in an ether forming process. Other conversion process included in the overall integration are an isomerization process to convert n-paraffins to isoparaffins and optionally an alkylation process to convert isoparaffins and olefins to an alkylate product.

Methyl-tertiary ether production

A method for improving the activity of a dehydrogenation and dehydrocyclization catalyst composition and a process for improving the conversion and selectivity of paraffin hydrocarbons to olefin and aromatic compounds. The novel processes comprise adding calcium aluminate to a catalyst composition comprising a zinc aluminate support and a catalyst metal, and optionally a promoter metal.

Group VIII catalyst supported on mixture of zinc aluminate and calcium

Catalyst and process for dehydrogenation and dehydrocyclization

In a process for dehydrogenating alkanes having 2-5 carbon atoms per molecule in the presence of steam and a catalyst composition comprising Group IIA and/or IIB metal aluminate, Group VIII metal(s) and Group IVA metal compound(s), the improvement comprises the step of pretreating the alkane containing feed with a material comprising a Group IIA and/or Group IIB metal aluminate under non-dehydrogenating conditions.

Dehydrogenation process

In a process for dehydrogenating alkanes containing 2-5 carbon atoms per molecule in the presence of steam and a catalyst composition comprising IIA and/or IIB metal aluminate, a noble metal and a Group IVA metal oxide, the improvement comprises the step of contacting the catalyst composition, after it has been oxidatively regenerated, with a reducing gas comprising free hydrogen and steam.

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Michael E Olbrich