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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:
Sep. 02, 1980
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
James L Carter, Westfield, NJ (US);
John H Sinfelt, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Research & Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208139 ; 208138 ;
Abstract
A startup method for a catalytic reforming process wherein the catalyst is maintained in a bed is provided in which a catalyst comprising an iridium component and at least one additional metal component such as a platinum group metal component is reduced, sulfided and contacted with hydrogen at specified conditions whereby the sulfur is distributed uniformly throughout the catalyst bed prior to contacting the catalyst with the hydrocarbon feed.