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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1981
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernard G Silbernagel, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Raam R Mohan, Berkley Heights, NJ (US);
Gopal H Singhal, Westfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Research & Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ; B01J / ; B01J / ; C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252413 ; 2082 / ; 2524 / ; 252412 ; 252414 ; 423 68 ; 423150 ;
Abstract
The removal of metals, especially vanadium, from spent hydrofining catalyst is accomplished by a two-step process. Treatment with a gaseous sulfur-containing reagent brings the metals to the surface of the catalyst and converts them to sulfides, which are then efficiently removed by contact with a heteropoly acid such as molybdophosphoric acid. Treatment of deactivated hydrodesulfurization catalysts such as Co-Mo supported on alumina by this process results in substantially complete regeneration of catalytic activity.