King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Ziyauddin S Qureshi

Abdullah Mohammed Aitani

Omer Refa Koseoglu

Yaming Jin

Mohammad Naseem Akhtar

Hassan Saeed Al-Awad Alasiri

Aaron Chi Akah

Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami

Mohammed Abdul Bari Siddiqui

Sachio Asaoka

Gazali Tanimu

M Abdullbari Siddiqui

Siddiqui M Abdulbari

Nagendra Kulal

Bassam Elali

Ganapati Shanbhag

A catalyst includes an alumina support, GdFeOdistributed on the alumina support, and FeOdistributed on the alumina support. The GdFeOis in the form of an orthorhombic perovskite structure with a Pbnm space group, and the FeOis in the form of γ-FeO. Further, the catalyst includes 1 percent by weight (wt. %) to 7 wt. % of Gd and 5 wt. % to 15 wt. % of Fe based on a total weight of the catalyst.

Catalyst for ethylbenzene dehydrogenation to form styrene

A process for upgrading a hydrocarbon feed comprises contacting the hydrocarbon feed with steam in the presence of a cracking catalyst composition at reaction conditions sufficient to cause at least a portion of hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon feed to undergo one or more cracking reactions to produce a steam catalytic cracking effluent comprising light olefins, light aromatic compounds, or both, where the cracking catalyst composition comprises a cracking additive comprising metal species impregnated on a ZSM-5 zeolite, where the metal species comprises a metal selected from the group consisting of chromium, vanadium, iron, platinum, molybdenum, cerium, and nickel.

Modified ZSM-5 for steam enhanced catalytic cracking of crude oil to light olefins and aromatics

According to embodiments, a process of forming a catalyst for aromatizing hydrocarbons may include enhancing a mesoporosity of a zeolite support by a base-leaching treatment, an acid-leaching treatment, or both to form a zeolite support having enhanced mesoporosity, mixing the zeolite support having enhanced mesoporosity with a solution containing zinc or gallium to disperse the zinc or gallium on the zeolite support having enhanced mesoporosity, and calcining the zeolite support having enhanced mesoporosity with zinc or gallium dispersed thereon to form a zinc- or gallium-doped zeolite catalyst having a mesopore volume of greater than 0.09 cm/g and less than 0.20 cm/g.

Processes of forming metal-doped zeolite catalysts with enhanced mesoporosity

A process for upgrading a hydrocarbon feed includes contacting the hydrocarbon feed with steam in the presence of a cracking catalyst in a steam catalytic cracking reactor at reaction conditions sufficient to cause at least a portion of hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon feed to undergo one or more cracking reactions to produce a steam catalytic cracking effluent comprising light olefins, light aromatic compounds, or both, where the cracking catalyst comprises a ZSM-11 zeolite.

Nano-ZSM-11 for direct conversion of crude oil to light olefins and aromatics

A fluid catalytic cracking catalyst composition (FCC catalyst composition) includes an FCC catalyst and from 1 wt.% to 30 wt.% aromatization-promoting FCC additive. The FCC catalyst includes a USY zeolite, and the aromatization-promoting FCC additive is an MFI zeolite modified with an aromatization compound. The aromatization compound is a metal or metal oxide that includes a metal element from periods 4-6 of the IUPAC periodic table. A method for upgrading a hydrocarbon feed includes contacting the hydrocarbon feed with the FCC catalyst composition at reaction conditions sufficient to upgrade at least a portion of the hydrocarbon feed.

Fluidized catalytic cracking processes and additives for improving gasoline yield and quality

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to processes for aromatizing hydrocarbons includes contacting the hydrocarbons with a catalyst including at least two different metal modifiers dispersed on surfaces of a hydrogen-form medium-pore zeolite support. Each of the at least two different metal modifiers comprises a metal selected from the group consisting of IUPAC Groups 3-12, and lanthanide metals, and the catalyst is substantially free of gallium. Contacting the hydrocarbons with the catalyst causes a least a portion of the hydrocarbons to undergo a chemical reaction to form aromatic hydrocarbons.

Aromatization of light hydrocarbons using metal-modified zeolite catalysts

According to embodiments, a process for aromatizing hydrocarbons may include contacting the hydrocarbons with a zinc- or gallium-doped ZSM-5 catalyst having a mesopore volume of greater than 0.09 cm/g. Contacting the hydrocarbons with the catalyst causes a least a portion of the hydrocarbons to undergo chemical reactions to form aromatic hydrocarbons.

Aromatization of light hydrocarbons using metal-doped zeolite catalysts with enhanced mesoporosity

A method of oxidative dehydrogenating of butane stream comprises contacting the same with a bimetallic catalyst in the presence of oxygen, wherein the bimetallic catalyst containing nickel and bismuth or oxides thereof supported on solid support such as zirconium oxide, low aluminum MFI zeolite, and mesoporous silica foam. Various embodiments of the method of oxidative dehydrogenating the butane-containing hydrocarbon stream and the bimetallic catalyst are also provided.

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Ziyauddin S Qureshi