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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 1980
Filed:
May. 12, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans J Wernicke, Wolfratshausen, DE;
Walter Kreuter, Penzberg, DE;
Assignee:
Linde Aktiengesellschaft, Wiesbaden, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ; C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208 57 ; 208143 ;
Abstract
In a process for the production of olefins in two stages wherein, in the first stage, heavy petroleum fractions are hydrogenated in the presence of hydrogen and a hydrogenation catalyst and, in the second stage, the thus-hydrogenated fractions are subjected to thermal cracking in the presence of steam, the improvement which comprises employing as the hydrogenation catalyst a support-free catalyst consisting essentially of elements from Groups VIb, VIIB, and VIII of the periodic table of the elements in the form of the metals, metal oxides, metal sulfides, or organometal complexes, or mixtures thereof.